A Johns Hopkins Medicine-led analysis of medical information gathered on a diverse group of almost 250,000 people over four years has significantly clarified the link between the "exclusive" use of e-cigarettes and chronic ...
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Individuals with an emergency department (ED) visit or hospitalization due to cannabis were at 23% and 72% greater risk of a new dementia diagnosis within five years compared to individuals with an ED visit or hospitalization ...
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"Harm reduction" interventions for substance use—measures like needle exchange programs and methadone distribution that aim to reduce the adverse effects of substance use, rather than punish or prevent it—have been repeatedly ...
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People might think they can reduce their risk of cancer by occasionally swapping their cigarettes for a vape pen—but they would be wrong, a new study says.
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Opioid settlements with companies like Purdue Pharma, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson have led to headline-grabbing multibillion-dollar payouts, but most of the windfall is flowing to state and local governments, not directly ...
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Methamphetamine is New Zealand's most harmful illicit drug and wastewater testing shows its use and availability are on the rise.
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"Tusi," also known as "tucibí" or "pink cocaine," is a drug concoction that emerged in Latin America and Europe within the past decade and is becoming increasingly popular in the U.S.
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Nearly half of patients diagnosed with cancer in 2023 had a history of smoking, and 15% were smokers at the time of their diagnosis, according to new Yale Cancer Center-led research published in JAMA Oncology.
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Young adults—particularly college students—are more likely than any other group in the U.S. to engage in heavy drinking and experience alcohol-related consequences.
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Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation's high drug overdose rates, is also caught up in another increasingly serious problem: misinformation.
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