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Alcohol consumption impairs visual function and adversely affects driving performance
A study carried out by researchers from the Department of Optics of the University of Granada (UGR) has revealed that alcohol consumption impairs visual function and adversely affects driving performance. It was found to ...
Nov 24, 2020
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Opioid overdose deaths involving other substances more common in youth
Results of a new study show that opioid overdose deaths involving more than one substance (polysubstances) are more common than opioid-only overdose deaths among youth. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center's Grayken ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Nurse practitioners play key role in opioid addiction treatment in very rural areas
Giving nurse practitioners the authority to prescribe buprenorphine has brought that gold standard treatment for opioid addiction to people who might not have had access to it before, according to a new study led by Tracy ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Adverse childhood experiences and at-risk drinking, cannabis, and illicit drug use
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggests that adverse childhood experiences, often referred to as child maltreatment, are associated with increased odds ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Risk of death high among those with alcohol-related visits to ED: study
The risk of death is high for people who visit the emergency department (ED) for alcohol use, and the risk increases with frequency, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Nov 23, 2020
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Limited access to buprenorphine restricts resident physicians treating opioid abusers
A survey of resident physicians in Florida indicates they are interested in treating opioid addiction but face barriers to offering patients treatment using buprenorphine, an FDA-approved medication shown to successfully ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Why do West Aussies vape?
The popularity of vaping is on the rise, but one of its main appeals may come as a surprise.
Nov 20, 2020
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Drug eases recovery for those with severe alcohol withdrawal
A drug once used to treat high blood pressure can help alcoholics with withdrawal symptoms reduce or eliminate their drinking, Yale University researchers report Nov. 19 in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Nov 19, 2020
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College-age kids are drinking less alcohol – but smoking more marijuana
Young adults aren't drinking as much as they used to. In fact, more than a quarter don't drink alcohol at all, recent surveys show.
Nov 19, 2020
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Video: Amid research into vaping, a whiff of a familiar tactic emerges
In this short documentary by Retro Report and Scientific American, Ilona Jaspers, PhD, director of the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, is a featured research expert in the debate about electronic ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Can memory manipulation help treat alcohol addiction?
In the United States alone, over 14 million adults suffer from alcohol use disorder. For those that seek treatment, 90% will experience at least one relapse within the first four years. One reason for this is that alcohol ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Researcher examines drug overdose mortality in the Hispanic community
UTSA researcher Manuel Cano, assistant professor in the Department of Social Work in the UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy is shedding light to understand the topic of drug overdose deaths in the Hispanic community.
Nov 18, 2020
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Artificial intelligence-based tool may help diagnose opioid addiction earlier
Researchers have used machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to develop a prediction model for the early diagnosis of opioid use disorder. The advance is described in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives.
Nov 18, 2020
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Two thirds of serving or ex-service personnel with a current or prior alcohol problem are not seeking help
A new report launched today (17th November) by the University of Liverpool and King's College London shows that more than two thirds (71%) of serving and ex-Service personnel who self-reported a current or prior alcohol problem, ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Cannabis strength soars over past half century
New research shows that over the past 50 years street cannabis across the world has become substantially stronger carrying an increased risk of harm.
Nov 16, 2020
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Chronic alcohol use reshapes the brain's immune landscape, driving anxiety and addiction
Deep within the brain, a small almond-shaped region called the amygdala plays a vital role in how we exhibit emotion, behavior and motivation. Understandably, it's also strongly implicated in alcohol abuse, making it a long-running ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Peptide is a key mediator in the regulation of compulsive alcohol drinking
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified that a peptide, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating mediator is involved with compulsive consumption of alcohol. In addition, they have discovered ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Study published on strategies hospitals adopt to address opioid epidemic
While the world's attention to public health remains focused on COVID-19, Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, continues to focus her attention on one ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Model helps predict which infants may develop NAS
A new Vanderbilt-designed prediction model may make it easier to determine which infants will go on to develop neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns that occurs after exposure to opioids ...
Nov 13, 2020
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A potential game-changer to reverse alcohol intoxication
A staggering 3 million deaths occur every year as result from harmful use of alcohol, according to the World Health Organization.
Nov 12, 2020
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