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Fatal opioid overdoses reduce US life expectancy by nearly a year
In the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid-related deaths cut the nation's average life expectancy at birth by eight months, according to new research published in The Lancet Regional Health–Americas. The findings ...
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Study finds that despite wanting to quit, only 8.8 percent quit smoking in 2022
Although about two-thirds of U.S. adults who smoked wanted to quit, only 8.8 percent of smokers quit in 2022, according to research published in the July 25 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity ...
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Illicit fentanyl use linked to increased risk of hepatitis C among people who use drugs
An international team of researchers from University of California San Diego and el Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Mexico have revealed a significant association between the use of illicit fentanyl and the transmission of ...
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English school children unwittingly smoking spice-spiked vapes, finds study
Testing hundreds of confiscated vapes in 38 schools in England reveals 1 in 6 (16.6%) contained spice.
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Semaglutide seems beneficial for comorbid type 2 diabetes mellitus, tobacco use disorder
For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and tobacco use disorder (TUD), new use of semaglutide is associated with lower risk of TUD-related health care measures compared with other antidiabetes medications, according ...
Jul 30, 2024
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Inpatient addiction services help continue lifesaving medication for opioid use disorder treatment after discharge
Previous research has found that over 80% of people with opioid-use disorder (OUD) do not receive evidence-based lifesaving medications. While access to these medications is better in New York City than elsewhere in the United ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Supervised inhalation is a necessary intervention in the drug poisoning crisis
All safe consumption sites should receive government funding for supervised inhalation. This way, the growing number of people who inhale substances will be closer to the help they need in case of drug poisoning. They'll ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Teen alcohol exposure impairs behavioral flexibility and learning, shows persistent effects on brain chemistry
Rats with alcohol exposure in adolescence are less able as adults to adapt their behavior in changing circumstances, according to a study that highlights the possible brain mechanisms involved. The findings may help us better ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Study finds larger warning labels with pictures linked to lower desire to consume alcohol products
Young adult men who viewed alcohol warning labels experienced a lower activation of the reward circuits in their brains when the warnings were larger and involved pictures, compared to more familiar small-text warnings. These ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Study finds increased substance use with direct, indirect exposure to mass terrorism
For adults, increased substance use (ISU) is seen in populations with direct, indirect, and media exposure to mass terrorism, according to a study published online July 24 in JAMA Network Open.
Jul 26, 2024
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Antidepressants may increase risk of relapse in some people with alcohol use disorder
According to a new study, antidepressants may reduce the risk of relapse in people with alcohol use disorder—but only if the antidepressants are effective in reducing their depression symptoms. People whose depression symptoms ...
Jul 26, 2024
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Report suggests fake oxycontin pills widespread and potentially deadly
The rate at which young Americans are ending up in hospital ICUs after using fake Oxycontin pills spiked with fentanyl is soaring, especially in the U.S. West, a new report warns.
Jul 26, 2024
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Social vulnerability linked with mental health and substance use disorders
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry uncovers significant associations between social vulnerability—a measurement that aggregates social determinants of health like socioeconomic status, housing type, education and insurance ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Improving care for opioid use disorder through research into injection-related infections
Deaths from injection-related infections like endocarditis have increased among young people, likely due to the growth of injection drug use and stronger, shorter-acting fentanyl. While medications for opioid use disorder ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Big drop in US kids, teens misusing prescription meds
Misuse of illicit prescription drugs is falling dramatically among U.S. high school students, a new study says.
Jul 24, 2024
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Xylazine wounds are a growing crisis among drug users in Philly—a nurse explains causes and treatment
Xylazine or "tranq" wounds—characterized by deep pockets of dead tissue—have become increasingly visible in Philadelphia among people who use drugs.
Jul 24, 2024
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Marijuana use while pregnant could raise odds for complications
There's a slight but significant rise in dangerous obstetric complications for pregnant women who use marijuana, new research shows.
Jul 23, 2024
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'Holiday heart syndrome': Researchers explore binge drinking and arrhythmia link at times of celebration
Binge drinking (five drinks within two hours for men and four drinks within two hours for women) is common around the world. Recent research has also found the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Study looks at co-use of CYP2D6-metabolizing opioids, antidepressants in seniors
For older nursing home (NH) residents, use of CYP2D6-metabolized opioids concomitantly with CYP2D6-inhibiting antidepressants is associated with worsening pain and increased risk of opioid-related adverse events (ORAEs), ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Bipolar disorder and alcohol: It's not as simple as 'self-medication,' says study
Bipolar disorder and alcohol problems seem to go hand-in-hand, leading to a widespread belief that drinking acts as a kind of "self-medication" to ease bipolar's life-altering symptoms of mania, depression, anxiety, sleep ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Enhancing a strategy to reduce opioid overdose deaths
In a study published in Harm Reduction Journal, a team led by CUNY SPH researchers examined why Connecticut's good Samaritan laws aren't working as intended to reduce opioid deaths.
Jul 22, 2024
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Digital games on vaping devices could lure more youth to nicotine addiction
In an "Industry Watch" research paper in the journal Tobacco Control, two scientists at the University of California, Riverside, raise the alarm on new electronic cigarette products equipped with touch screens, animated displays, ...
Jul 19, 2024
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FDA allows marketing of Vuse tobacco-flavored vapes
On July 18 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the sale of the country's best-selling e-cigarette.
Jul 19, 2024
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In the fentanyl crisis, infants and toddlers become unsuspecting victims
As the fentanyl crisis ravages communities across the country, toddlers and infants increasingly are becoming unsuspecting victims of an opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin. Adults make up the vast number of fentanyl-related ...
Jul 19, 2024
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Doctors reluctant to treat addiction most commonly report 'lack of institutional support' as barrier
A new study has identified the top reasons why some physicians may be reluctant to intervene in addiction. The comprehensive review, pulling 283 studies published on this topic within the last 61 years, showed that "institutional ...
Jul 17, 2024
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