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Smoking cigarettes adds to almost 1 in 5 deaths. The three main smoking-related causes of death are: cardiovascular disease (narrowing or blocking of blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, che...

Smoking can have many bad effects on the body, some of which can lead to life-threatening illness.  Smoking significantly increases the risk of dying from all causes, not just those linked t...

Quitting smoking, like other forms of addiction, isn’t easy.  The challenges involved in quitting smoking begin when you actually quit smoking, but you’re likely to succeed if you tak...

Quitting cigarette smoking can be difficult no matter how you do it, but the idea of quitting cold turkey can seem especially daunting. This isn’t the easiest, or the most effective method of...

Sertraline is an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant that’s approved by the U.S. FDA and available by prescription to treat a range of psychological disorders. It&r...

Sertraline and fluoxetine both are prescription antidepressants of the SSRI class (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor). Both medications are available as generic versions, but the most popular tra...

More commonly known as Zoloft, which is the trade name Pfizer uses, sertraline is an antidepressant that is widely used as a treatment for depression, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress, and obse...

Sertraline is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), which is a class of drugs that also includes Prozac and Paxil. SSRI increases the amount of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is a neurot...