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Online games may be an effective intervention to help adolescents reduce substance abuse
For adolescents struggling with substance abuse, traditional in-person interventions such as counseling are not always effective, and rural areas often lack access to these services.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Deep dive: Family caregivers' journeys navigating alcohol use disorder
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major global public health issue, affecting more than 28 million adults in the United States and causing 3 million deaths each year worldwide. The impact of AUD extends beyond the individual. ...
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Lethal synthetic opioids found in Australian wastewaters
Deadly synthetic opioids have been detected in Australian wastewater for the first time, an international survey, led by University of Queensland researchers, has found. The research is published in Addiction.
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E-cigarettes linked to lower cardiac risks compared to tobacco cigarettes in people with HIV
Electronic cigarette use may pose lower cardiovascular risks in people living with HIV compared to tobacco cigarette use, new UCLA-led research shows.
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Smoking rates falling fastest in the north of England
Smoking rates have fallen more quickly in the north of England compared to other regions, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
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How using cigars, pipes or smokeless tobacco can harm your heart
The data on the health effects from smoking cigarettes has been clear for decades. Today, tobacco use causes nearly 1 in 5 deaths each year in the U.S. While many of these deaths are cancer-related, researchers have found ...
Mar 18, 2025
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Young adults in pain start using cannabis earlier and are more likely to mix it with alcohol, research finds
Contrary to popular belief, young adults can experience significant acute and even chronic pain—which can motivate them to use cannabis.
Mar 18, 2025
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Cannabis users face substantially higher risk of heart attack
Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the drug, even among younger ...
Mar 18, 2025
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Some nicotine pouch flavors are much more addictive than others, research suggests
A paper in Nicotine & Tobacco Research indicates that different nicotine pouches, which have become very popular in recent years, particularly among young people, may influence user preferences very differently. An investigation ...
Mar 18, 2025
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Fewer than half of Medicaid managed care plans provide all FDA-approved medications for alcohol use disorder
As health complications and deaths from alcohol use disorder (AUD) increase in the United States, it is critical that people who could benefit from medications have access to the drugs that the US Food and Drug Administration ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Alcohol and cancer risk: What we know
Most people know about the connection between cigarettes and cancer risk, but does drinking cause cancer? It's something rarely discussed, despite years of evidence that alcohol increases cancer risk.
Mar 17, 2025
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Adolescents with mental health symptoms more likely to use multiple nicotine products, international research finds
A recent study led by Emily Hackworth, a 2024 graduate of the Arnold School's Ph.D. in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, and co-authors has found that youth (ages 16–19) with internalizing mental health symptoms ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Optimizing public placement of naloxone kits to save lives
Making it easy to access naloxone kits to reverse the effects of opioid poisoning will help save lives, according to research published in theCanadian Medical Association Journal) that looks at the best placements for these ...
Mar 17, 2025
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FDA warns of rising injuries from misuse of laughing gas
Health officials are warning about a rise in injuries linked to the misuse of nitrous oxide, aka laughing gas.
Mar 17, 2025
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Fewer deaths, new substances and evolving treatments in Philly's opioid epidemic: Four essential reads
In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses are the No. 3 cause of death after heart disease and cancer. That's been the case each year since 2016, except in 2020 and 2021 when COVID-19 deaths outpaced overdose deaths. The vast majority ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Research highlights concerning rates of injecting-related injuries for drug users
New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch—Ōtakau Whakaihu Waka, Ōtautahi, has exposed the large number of health-related injuries suffered by people who inject drugs in Aotearoa New Zealand, exacerbated ...
Mar 14, 2025
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Study examines a novel way to bring addiction care and HIV prevention to people who inject drugs
Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) have presented results from the HPTN 094 ("INTEGRA") study at the 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco.
Mar 12, 2025
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2017 to 2023 saw decline in exclusive cigarette smoking, rise in vaping
Decreases in exclusive cigarette smoking and increases in exclusive electronic cigarette use were seen among U.S. adults from 2017 to 2023, according to research published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Mar 12, 2025
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Study finds patients are more than twice as likely to quit smoking with talking therapies
Research from the University of Bath, published on No Smoking Day 2025, shows that integrating smoking cessation support into NHS Talking Therapies for depression and anxiety increases quit rates. This is an important step ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Study: Medicaid expansion does not lead to increase in non-prescribed drug use
A new study has found that extending state Medicaid coverage did not increase the likelihood of prescription opioid or benzodiazepine misuse among people who use drugs.
Mar 11, 2025
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Female sex hormone protects against opioid misuse, rat study finds
The opioid epidemic has claimed more than half a million lives in the U.S. since 1999, about three-quarters of them men, according to the National Institutes of Health. Although men's disproportionate rates of opioid abuse ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Study raises concern about opioid prescribing to injured Australian workers
Thousands of injured Victorian employees are receiving high-risk opioid prescriptions, Monash University-led research has found.
Mar 10, 2025
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Incidents of children being poisoned by fentanyl have risen in the US, national data show
Incidents of children in the US being poisoned by the synthetic opioid fentanyl "increased and became more severe," a new study reveals.
Mar 8, 2025
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18-year study shows a rapid rise in alcohol-related organ damage in young Canadian population
Kingston Health Sciences Center and Queen's University researchers analyzed trends in alcohol-related organ damage among adolescents and young adults, identifying a significant rise in cases over the past two decades. Researchers ...
Maternal cannabis use triples risk of disruptive behavior in children, study finds
Children exposed to their mother's cannabis use during pregnancy and after birth are three times more likely to develop behavioral problems, new Curtin University research has found.
Mar 6, 2025
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