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Alcohol pharmacotherapy dispensing trends in Australia between 2006 and 2023This study aimed to investigate acamprosate and naltrexone dispensing patterns in Australia.
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Editorial overview: Endocrine and metabolic adaptations to extreme environments: Living life to the extreme – insights into the limits of life and transitions to diseaseThe need to understand responses to extreme environments has prompted this edition of Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research
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Partial amelioration of a chronic cigarette-smoke-induced phenotype in mice by switching to electronic cigarettesElectronic cigarettes ("e-cigarettes") are often marketed as smoking cessation tools and are used by smokers to reduce/quit cigarette smoking. The objective of this study was to assess the health effects of switching to e-cigarettes after long-term smoking in a mouse model and compare these effects with continued smoking, or quitting entirely.
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Pharmacological ablation of the airway smooth muscle layer—Mathematical predictions of functional improvement in asthmaFindings provide further proof of concept that pharmacological targeting of airway smooth muscle thickness will be beneficial and may be facilitated by azithromycin
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Intrauterine growth restriction affects diaphragm function in adult female and male miceSex and intrauterine growth restriction independently affect diaphragm contraction in adult mice without changes in structure
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The effects of electronic cigarette aerosol exposure on inflammation and lung function in miceThis study shows, for the first time, that exposure to e-cigarette aerosol during adolescence and early adulthood is not harmless to the lungs and can result in significant impairments in lung function.
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Is acamprosate safe to use in pregnancy, and can it mitigate the effects of alcohol consumption in pregnant mice?Alexander Larcombe BScEnv (Hons) PhD Honorary Research Fellow Honorary Research Fellow Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe began work at The Kids
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Physiological and inflammatory responses in an anthropomorphically relevant model of acute diesel exhaust particle exposure are sex and dose-dependentDiesel exhaust particles (DEP) are an important contributor to suspended particulate matter (PM) in urban areas. While epidemiological evidence exists for a...
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Self-citation in American Physiological Society JournalsThis study investigates the incidence of self-citation (authors citing their own work) for scholarly articles in ten journals published by the American...