General Practice - Sinusitis, Constipation, Smoking Cessation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Blastocystosis, General Practitioner (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Sinusitis, Constipation, Smoking cessation, Irritable bowel syndrome, Blastocystosis, General practitioner, Anaerobic infection, Physician self-referral, Juan Gervas, Sciatica, Dientamoebiasis, General medical examination, Heartburn, Urgent care, National Integrated Medical Association, Center for the History of Family Medicine, Julian Tudor Hart, Systolic hypertension, Anal fistula, Read codes, Rhinitis, Acute bronchitis, Chronic bronchitis, Joel Spitzer, Francisco Valles, U.S. government and smoking cessation, Osteomalacia, Medical history, American Academy of Family Physicians, Idiosyncrasy, Auxology, Impaction, International Classification of Primary Care, Dr. Issac Elmer Williams House and Office, Bristol Stool Scale, Catarrh, GPASS, Catamnesis, Alex Tudor-Hart, Manning Criteria, Functional colonic disease, World Organization of Family Doctors, John R. Polito, Rourke Baby Record, National Association of Sessional GPs, Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Neck creaking. Excerpt: Smoking cessation (colloquially quitting smoking) is the process of discontinuing the practice of inhaling a smoked substance. This article focuses exclusively on cessation of tobacco smoking; however, the methods described may apply to cessation of smoking other substances that can be difficult to stop using due to the development of strong physical substance dependence or psychological dependence. Smoking cessation can occur without assistance from health care professionals or the use of medications. Methods that have been found to be effective include interventions aimed at health care providers and health care systems; medications including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and varenicline; individual and group counseling; and Web-based and computer programs. Although stopping smoking can cause side effects such as weight gain, smoki...