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Pain Management Nursing Conference

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Phoenix
United States

This conference will address important pain management issues, increase the knowledge and skills of pain management nursing professionals and promote the development of the nursing profession. 

Participants will be able to:

Alcohol Switches the Brain into 'Starvation Mode'

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Alcohol has a very high calorie content. Experts, therefore, have long been confused as to why people often eat more after having consumed alcoholic drinks. New scientific tests show spikes in electrical activity in the brains of mice when...

A Sip as a Kid, Alcohol Problems as an Adult?

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Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries. Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...

Revealed: The Global Cost of Smoking

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Smoking and its related harms cost the world more than $1 trillion and claim the lives of around 6 million people each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute. $1 trillion...

The Multiple Health Effects of Marijuana Use

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In its first report for almost 20 years, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), has found the use of marijuana seems to be particularly connected to: Breathing problems Mental health issues such as psychosis, social anxiety and suicidal...
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