With the increased legalization of recreational cannabis, as many as 1 in 5 pregnant women in the U.S. are now using the drug to help with morning sickness, lower back pain or anxiety. Evidence has been growing, however, ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Over the past few decades, the opioid epidemic has gripped the United States, fueled in large part by the over-prescription of pain-relieving drugs like oxycodone. As those pharmaceuticals were made more difficult to obtain, ...
Nov 13, 2024
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A team of medical researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has identified some of the genes and proteins associated with alcohol use disorders. In their project reported in the journal Nature ...
Online e-cigarette retailers are not consistently adhering to laws aimed at preventing the sale of vaping products to minors, including regulations on age verification, shipping methods and flavor restrictions, report researchers ...
Nov 11, 2024
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Nearly 7 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, and this number is predicted to double by 2060. While aging and genetic predisposition are the most important risk factors for Alzheimer's, epidemiological studies suggest ...
Nov 5, 2024
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Fentanyl kills. Make that: Fentanyls kill. The threat is plural and potent, as illicit laboratories continually concoct new forms of the drug that sidestep today's best detection techniques and protect drug dealers from prosecution. ...
Nov 4, 2024
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Berry-flavored vapes can weaken the lungs' natural defenses, making it harder for the body to fight off infections, research suggests. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, compared effects ...
Nov 4, 2024
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Mobile apps that offer smoking cessation support can be effective alternatives to conventional clinical treatment for people who want to stop smoking—but user engagement is key to this success.
Nov 1, 2024
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Smokers who are diagnosed with cancer now have more incentive to quit, as researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found survival outcomes were optimized when patients quit smoking within six ...
Oct 31, 2024
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A team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers has discovered a promising new treatment to counteract the effects of fentanyl and related opioids. The new treatment could, over time, be a boon to doctors ...
Oct 23, 2024
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