Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

Associations between vaping during pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Andy Deprato, Arundhati Garud, Danila Azzolina, Nicola Murgia, Margie H. Davenport, Padma Kaul, et al.
PubMed Summary & key facts 2025 13 citations

This review combined 23 studies with 924,376 people to see if vaping during pregnancy was linked to problems for mothers and babies. The pooled results found that prenatal vaping was associated with higher odds of both adverse maternal outcomes and adverse neonatal outcomes (each OR 1.53). Specific links included lower…

Employment and Welfare Studies Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Sex work and related issues

ACMT Position Statement: Limiting Harms of Vaping and E-cigarette Use

Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Fiona M Garlich, Diane P Calello, Andrew I Stolbach
PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2020 4 citations

This is an American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) position paper about the harms of vaping and a recent outbreak of severe lung injury called EVALI. Vaping use has grown, including large increases among teenagers. Thousands of cases of EVALI were reported to public health authorities, many patients used THC-containing…

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Smoking Behavior and Cessation
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