Indiana: Upward trend in marijuana use, smokeless tobacco
Alcohol use by Indiana sixth- through 12th-graders has declined, but findings from the 21st Annual Survey of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use also revealed a continuing increase in marijuana and smokeless ...
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Sep 01, 2011 |
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Coke addicts prefer money in hand to snowy future
When a research team asked cocaine addicts to choose, hypothetically, between money now or cocaine of greater value later, "preference was almost exclusively for the money now," said Warren K., Bickel, professor in the Virginia ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Poultry farms that go organic have significantly fewer antibiotic-resistant bacteria
(Medical Xpress) -- Antibiotic use in conventional animal food production in the United States has created public health concern because it has been shown to contribute to the development of antibiotic-resistant ...
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Aug 10, 2011 |
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Research offers hope for treatment of cocaine addiction
New discoveries by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) offer potential for development of a first-ever pharmacological treatment for cocaine addiction.
Medical research
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Obese girls more than twice as likely to be addicted to smoking
Obese teenage girls are more than twice as likely as other girls to develop high-level nicotine addiction as young adults, according to a new study. Nearly 20 percent of American adolescents currently are obese, the authors ...
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Jun 21, 2011 |
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Abnormal brain structure linked to chronic cocaine abuse
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified abnormal brain structures in the frontal lobe of cocaine users' brains which are linked to their compulsive cocaine-using behaviour. Their findings were published ...
Neuroscience
Jun 21, 2011 |
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How men's lifestyles double their risk of an early death
A University of Sussex psychologist is one of the key authors of a major new report that reveals that death rates of men aged 16-64 is twice that of women in the same age range in the European Union.
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Jun 17, 2011 |
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Energy drinks linked to substance use in musicians, study shows
(Medical Xpress) -- Frequent use of energy drinks is associated with binge drinking, alcohol-related social problems and misuse of prescription drugs among musicians, according to researchers at the University ...
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Jun 16, 2011 |
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Friends and family enable most opioid abusers
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study by Yale School of Medicine reveals that nearly one third of those who use opioids for non-medical reasons obtain these drugs directly from physicians, but the majority get them ...
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Jun 15, 2011 |
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High rates of injection drug use in urban Aboriginal youth signal need for prevention programs
A new study indicates high rates of injection drug use in urban Canadian Aboriginal youth, particularly in women, and points to the need for culturally specific prevention programs, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...
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Jun 13, 2011 |
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Gender differences in risk pathways for adolescent substance abuse and early adult alcoholism
Clinically ascertained reports suggest that boys and girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may differ from each other in their vulnerability to substance use problems, say the researchers of the University ...
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Jun 10, 2011 |
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1 in 4 new HIV infections in Ontario are among women: study
Despite significant clinical advances in HIV care, an estimated 25 per cent of new HIV infections in Ontario from 2006 to 2008 were among women, according to a health study by researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative ...
HIV & AIDS
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Study finds unhealthy substance use a risk factor for not receiving some preventive health services
Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified unhealthy substance use as a risk factor for not receiving all appropriate preventive health services. The findings, ...
Cancer
May 13, 2011 |
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Smoking during pregnancy factor in childhood behavioural disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- New University of Otago, Christchurch, research has identified common factors in the far-reaching childhood behavioural conditions, Conduct Disorder (CD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), including ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Increased computer use by adolescents cause for concern
Researchers at Queen's University have found a strong association between computer and Internet use in adolescents and engagement in multiple-risk behaviours (MRB), including illicit drug use, drunkenness and unprotected ...
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