Medications
Chronic disease prevention could ease opioid crisis
Preventing chronic disease could help curb the opioid epidemic, according to research from the University of Georgia.
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Prescription opioid analgesic use reported in 6.5 percent of adults
(HealthDay)—Overall, 6.5 percent of adults aged 20 years and older reported using a prescription opioid analgesic in the previous 30 days during 2013 to 2016, according to a report published in the December Health E-Stats, ...
Dec 05, 2019
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Medications
New weapon in war against opioids: An implanted device that automatically releases lifesaving naloxone
An opioid overdose can be a lonely death. People who use drugs often do so in private, and should they get a dose stronger than they can tolerate, no one will be there to save them with the overdose-reversing medication naloxone.
Dec 05, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When depression drives you to drink
When you drink, do you get depressed? Or is it the reverse: when you're depressed, do you drink?
Dec 05, 2019
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Neuroscience
New protein function could be key to treatment of drug addiction and behavioral disorders
The human brain consists of several intricate networks or "circuits." One such complex circuit, called the "reward circuit," is involved in reward-associated learning, a process in which nerve cell activity changes in response ...
Dec 05, 2019
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Addiction
Fentanyl now greatest risk to correctional officers' safety in prisons
Fentanyl and other new opioids are drastically altering the lives of inmates and correctional officers in Western Canada's prisons, according to a study by two U of A sociologists.
Dec 05, 2019
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Health
Without metrics, how do you rate drug treatment facilities?
Almost 10 percent of the nation's entire population live with substance use disorder, but many struggle to find the right help—a task which is made more difficult because there is no standardized rating system to ensure ...
Dec 05, 2019
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Addiction
Study reveals what factors influence young people's gambling habits
A study has shown that regular weekly gamblers were more likely to be male and had developed habits and patterns of play by age 20. Factors such as the gambling habits of parents and social media use were also found to influence ...
Dec 05, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Single dose of ketamine plus talk therapy may reduce alcohol use
A single infusion of ketamine, combined with outpatient behavioral therapy, helped alcohol-dependent individuals abstain from drinking for a few weeks after the treatment, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College ...
Dec 04, 2019
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Addiction
Nearly one-third of participants drop out of psychosocial substance use disorder treatments
People who abuse cigarettes, alcohol and/or heroin are less likely to drop out of a substance use disorder treatment than those who are addicted to cocaine, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of ...
Dec 04, 2019
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