Medications
FDA approves first nonhormonal drug to ease menopause hot flashes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first nonhormonal medication aimed at easing menopause hot flashes.
May 15, 2023
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Neuroscience
Restoring control to a particular brain region may help to prevent return to use of opioids
A team of neuroscientists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has identified changes in the activity of brain cells known as pyramidal neurons, which contribute to drug seeking in a preclinical model of opioid ...
May 13, 2023
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Health
Sex? Sexual intercourse? Neither? Teens weigh in on evolving definitions—and habits
Situationships. "Sneaky links." The "talking stage," the flirtatious getting-to-know-you phase—typically done via text—that can lead to a hookup.
May 12, 2023
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Medications
Legal pot is more potent than ever—and still largely unregulated
Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant's main psychoactive ingredient, have grown more potent and more dangerous as legalization has made them more widely available.
May 11, 2023
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Addiction
US backs study of safe injection sites, overdose prevention
For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived ...
May 8, 2023
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Medical research
Creating a 'parts list' for cancer's spread, with help from a worm
What makes some cancer cells stay put while others break loose and spread through the body? A new study of C. elegans worms may hold some clues. Researchers at Duke University have put together what they say is the first ...
May 4, 2023
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Medications
Study finds doctors prescribing untested drug combinations with high addiction potential
The Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness at Johns Hopkins University has led a study into prescription drug use of multiple concurrent central nervous system (CNS)-active drugs. They found widespread combination prescribing ...
Addiction
U.S. deaths due to fentanyl nearly quadrupled in 5 years
Overdose deaths in the United States tied to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl soared 279% from 2016 to 2021, health officials reported Wednesday.
May 3, 2023
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Addiction
Expert calls for reforms to address the overdose crisis
At the end of 2022, the federal government eliminated the "X waiver," a major hurdle to providing addiction treatment, but progress needs to be continued, according to the authors of a new Perspective piece published in the ...
May 1, 2023
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Medications
Preclinical study finds insomnia drug blocks oxycodone relapse
The insomnia drug suvorexant (Belsomra) might be an effective treatment for opioid use disorder, according to a preclinical study from Scripps Research.
Apr 27, 2023
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