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Dr. Gilbert Ross in Thehill.com, December 12, 2015. The shameful abdication of their ethical responsibilities by our nation s public health authorities,
Dr. Gilbert Ross in The Santa Fe New Mexican, December 1, 2014. Lawmakers in Santa Fe recently considered a proposal to institute a tax on vapor products (commonly referred to as electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes) at the exorbitant rate of 4 cents per milligram nicotine a level that
Lung cancer kills about 435 people in the United States every day, making it the leading cancer killer of both American men and women.
Dr. Gilbert Ross in the Ithaca Journal, April 24, 2014. While cigarettes continue to kill a half-million Americans each year while holding 100-fold that number in
It's been a big day for screening discussions. Screening: good! No--screening bad! Depends on who's doing the evaluations of risk/benefit, it seems.
Dr. Gilbert Ross in the National Review Online, March 12, 2014.
Dr. Gilbert Ross op-ed in The Daily Caller, January 8, 2013. Cigarette smoking takes the lives of more Americans than any other health problem. Our annual toll about 440,000, amongst our 45 million smokers is an unbelievable tragedy, more so for being at least potentially preventable...[Read more.]
Federal health panel officially recommends annual lung cancer screening with chest CT scans for high-risk smokers and some ex-smokers. Potential to save over 20,000 lives.