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Smoking Statistics: Focus on the Northeast
Smoking Statistics: Northeast USA Cigarette smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), claiming more than 480,000 lives each year. Despite decades of anti-smoking campaigns, which have been largely successful at reducing the number of cigarette smoking and death rates […]
Teen Use of E – Cigarettes
Teen Use of E-Cigarettes on the Rise – Good or Bad News? Teen use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has more than tripled since 2011, according to a recent report by the U.S. Surgeon General, with 40 percent of high school students saying they had used the product at least once in their lives. In that report, 16 […]
Fentanyl-Related Overdoses Sweeping the Northeast
Fentanyl-related Overdoses Sweeping the Northeast Fentanyl, which killed music legend Prince, killed more people in Virginia in 2015 than any other prescription painkiller. Legally purchased fentanyl rose only 10 percent from 2007 to 2014, yet annual death rates nearly tripled in that time, rising from 48 to 134 deaths each year. Fentanyl was responsible for 221 deaths […]
A Better Way to Learn? E-Learning is Here to Stay!
E-learning: A Better Way to Learn For many students, e-learning is the greatest invention since the chalkboard. Students can now access nearly any course they can imagine, from picking up a new language to learning the art of clowning. This instant/anywhere access to learning frees students from the confines of a classroom and class schedule, […]
Genome Editing – Progressing Trend
The Rush for Genome Editing Frank Magliochetti Report The Rush for Genome Editing Gene-editing technology has sparked a frenzy of competitors fueled to develop the first of what may be thousands of treatments for genetic disorders. From science fiction of movies like Jurassic Park to the reality of GMO foods, the concept of customizing plants, […]