http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Poor mental health leads to unhealthy behaviors in low-income adults – not the other way around, according to a new study¹ by Dr. Jennifer Walsh and colleagues from the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at The Miriam Hospital in the US. In this study, stress and anxiety predicted subsequent health-compromising behaviors, such as smoking, binge drinking, illegal drug use, unprotected sex and unhealthy diets. One possible explanation for these findings is that health compromising behaviors may be used as coping mechanisms to manage the effects of stress and anxiety. The study is published online in the Springer journal, Translational Behavioral Medicine², and is part of an issue focusing on multiple health behavior change. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-poor-mental-health-unhealthy-behaviors.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:00:01 EST news279118526 (Medical Xpress)—Methamphetamine users' use of synthetic cannabis products (such as Kronic) increased from ten per cent in 2010 to 41 per cent in 2011 an annual report on illegal drug use shows. Many of these synthetic cannabis products have subsequently been banned; they have contributed to an increase in new synthetic drug use, often in the form of 'legal highs', over the past three years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-illegal-drug-users-synthetic-drugs.html Addiction Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:23:38 EST news269767409 A new study by the University of Colorado Denver reveals that today's adolescents are abusing prescription pain medications like vicodin, valium and oxycontin at a rate 40 percent higher than previous generations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-young-people-epidemic-prescription-drug.html Medications Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:30:07 EST news269602194 European teens cut back on binge drinking and showed no increase in illegal drug use in recent years, while cigarettes remained as popular as in 2007, an EU agency said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-binge-drug-europe.html Addiction Thu, 31 May 2012 11:40:01 EST news257681668 Alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug use among young people is a public health concern in the UK. The short and long term risks to health are well known and range from accidental injuries, violence, sexual ill-health and increased rates of chronic conditions and premature death. A range of policies have been directed at reducing substance use among English children. Despite this, the number of children taking substances remains substantial. In 2009, it was reported that 180,000 children aged 11 to 15 years old in England smoked tobacco regularly, 540,000 had consumed alcohol in the previous week, and 250,000 had taken drugs in the previous month. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-older-age-free-school-meals.html Health Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:38:29 EST news254633834 A high childhood IQ may be linked to subsequent illegal drug use, particularly among women, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-high-childhood-iq-linked-subsequent.html Health Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:44:52 EST news240551074 A study of the 5.3 million men and women seen in Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics in a one-year period found that use of cocaine is predictive of open-angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-cocaine-users-percent-glaucoma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:26:25 EST news236517975 (PhysOrg.com) -- A long-term study has found that as we progress into our thirties illegal drug use is, with some caveats, still acceptable to many of us. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-drugs-older.html Other Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:27:42 EST news221376299