DIASMOKE: the patient recruitment phase has officially started

CoEHAR, the Center of Excellence for the acceleration of Harm Reduction of the University of Catania, has launched a two-year study, the Diasmoke project, to investigate whether vaping or using E-cigarettes reduces the risk of cardiovascular (heart and circulation) disease as compared to normal smoking.

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Vaping: necessary clinic and functional indicators to assess tobacco harm reduction and related benefits

Tobacco harm reduction theories and their fundamental principles are questioned worldwide. New indicators specifically designed to establish the harm reduction potential of low risk tobacco products are examined by CoEHAR, with promising results

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Taormina – The second edition of ISPM kicks off in Taormina from 20th to 25th September

CoEHAR and ECLAT- a spin-off of the University of Catania- is proud to announce the second edition of ISPM (International School on Project Management). Partner of this edition, the prestigious PMI-SIC, the Project Management Institute, South Italy section, a worldwide renewed association in this field.

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ECIG: a new study by CoEHAR screens different lab tests to evaluate the potential risk

The aim of the study is to investigate different in vitro toxicity methods for the assessment of ENDs toxicity. According to the Italian researchers, the most used assay, the neutral red uptake, should be combined with different tools (enlisted in the study) to better identifies the toxicity of the products and can avoid approximate and incorrect evaluation

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Lockdown and social distancing are inadequate: to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic we need to return to primary and secondary prevention

A recent international partnership between researchers from Europe, USA, UK and Russia has investigated the effects of the pandemic mitigation strategies. Community and home care are the only viable strategies that could achieve the goal of pandemic mitigation

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