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A Reminder About the Importance of Animal Studies

Here’s an OHSU Headline that is making the rounds. (Link to the full story here)                     Not only is this a key breakthrough that will likely help protect babies exposed to nicotine…it’s also an opportunity to reflect on the importance of animal studies. Frequently, when human breakthroughs are covered by the press, reporters fail to mention an important fact…how we got there. If they did, you … Read More

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Posted by: Jim Newman in ONPRC, Pediatrics, Smoking
On: Thursday, May 24, 2012

No butts about it…

There was an interesting story in the “O” this morning about a healthy trend that is sweeping a across the state: no smoking campuses. Tuesday’s story explained that by 2012, most colleges and universities in Oregon will be smoke-free. As for OHSU, the university decided to snuff-out smoking on campus  in 2007. Why did we do it? A few key reasons from our Web site Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death and illness Tobacco contributed to 6,921 deaths … Read More

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Posted by: Jim Newman in Cancer, Smoking
On: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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