Health
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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Addiction
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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Addiction
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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HIV & AIDS
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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Health
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
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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Addiction
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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Neuroscience
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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Addiction
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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