Proliferation of marijuana ads alarms addiction researchers
More than half of young marijuana users encounter online ads, survey finds
Many smokers with serious mental illness want to kick habit
Few get treatments, counseling to help them quit
IPH Summer Student is First Author on Prevention Science Article
Tatiana Bierut is first author on a paper published in Prevention Science, “Exploring Marijuana Advertising on Weedmaps, a Popular Online Directory” resulting from her 2015 IPH summer research project.
Even with genetic predisposition for lung cancer, quitting smoking reduces risk
Breaking habit also halves lung cancer risk
Technology alone may not close disparities in medical research
Internet technologies may help underserved populations participate in medical research studies, but relying on those technologies to get broader participation isn’t likely to work, a new study suggests.
Study aims to find clues to breast cancer outcomes in African-American women
Most past genetic research has analyzed DNA from women of European ancestry