A group of researchers from the University of Catania conducted a review on numerous available databases to assess the effectiveness of protocols using magnetic stimulation to treat gambling disorders. A…
On 19th January, in Hotel Palace Catania, there was a Kick-Off meeting held by CoEHAR, its Partners: ABF GmbH from Germany, PRATIA MTZ from Poland and supporting Parties such as…
The COEHAR founder, prof. Riccardo Polosa, in collaboration with experts from US (Floe Foxon, Ray S. Niaura, K. Michael Cummings, Michael Siegel and Neal Benowitz) published a commentary to analyze data and methodologies used to support the paper’s conclusions.
However, this year, in addition to Professor Polosa, 21 researchers from the Center of Excellence for the acceleration of Harm Reduction of the University of Catania are honored for their work and included in the database. They are: Sebastiano Battiato, Antonino Belfiore, Maria Luisa Brandi, Aldo Calogero, Filippo Caraci, Rosita A. Condorelli, Filippo Drago, Margherita Ferrante, Antonio Gagliano, Fabio Galvano, Giuseppe Grasso, Antonino Gulino, Gaetano Isola, Emmanuele Jannini, Rosalia Maria Leonardi, Sandro La Vignera, Giovanni Li Volti, Gea Oliveri Conti, Eugenio Pedullà, Venerando Rapisarda, Martino Ruggieri.
“ Our comprehensive analysis underscores that the aerosol from heated tobacco products (HTPs) contains markedly fewer and substantially lower concentrations of toxic compounds compared to traditional cigarette smoke," Professor Roberto Sussman, first author of the study, stated. "However, despite the reduced levels, the existence of harmful compounds in HTPs and e-cigarettes, notably aldehydes, necessitates vigilant oversight."
The study found that the antismoking medication varenicline can increase rates of smoking abstinence without causing serious adverse events.
In their work “Respiratory health effects of e-cigarette substitution for tobacco cigarettes: a systematic review”, researchers analyzed 16 studies from 20 publications: most of the studies showed no difference in respiratory parameters. This indicates that electronic nicotine delivery systems substitution for smoking likely does not result in additional harm to respiratory health.
Two CoEHAR researchers will be part of this great event: The CoEHAR Director, Giovanni Li Volti, who is also PI of the replica project, will discuss the latest results of the Replica project and the IN silicon Science Pi, Dr. Renée O’Leary, will present her latest work.
