Tobacco use is related to multiple cancers and 30% of cancer deaths.
Lorraine Reitzel, Distinguished Professor of Education and director, Taking Texas Tobacco Free, is leading the program’s expansion to 18 substance use treatment centers and 10 Federally Qualified Health Centers in rural and medically underserved areas of Texas.
In Texas, only 14% of residents are cigarette smokers, thanks in part to groups like Taking Texas Tobacco Free (TTTF) that create sustainable initiatives to help snuff out smoking. But the same successes are not found among the population of Texans with psychiatric disorders or substance dependencies. Their rates of smoking rise as high as 87%.
Novel microscopy method at UT Southwestern provides look into future of cell biology eurekalert.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eurekalert.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Southlake company announces funding round of roughly $50 million bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
MD Anderson researchers have discovered a new role for the metabolic enzyme, MCAD, in glioblastoma. The enzyme prevents toxic fatty acid accumulation, in addition to its normal role in energy production, and targeting MCAD led to irreversible damage and cell death specifically in cancer cells.