MeSH tree: D27.505.954.427.210.600
A team of Marshall University researchers has published a new study suggesting a potential breakthrough in how doctors manage severe agitation caused by methamphetamine and/or cocaine use, particularly in cases in which opioids ...
Apr 26, 2026
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Over the past 16 years, pediatric substance use-related visits (SUVs) to PEDSnet institutions have been increasing across all care settings and have increased at a greater percentage than visits overall, according to a comprehensive ...
Apr 25, 2026
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People getting their teeth pulled or drilled by dentists in the United States are still much more likely to get powerful opioid medications than dental patients in other developed countries or even the U.S. territory of Puerto ...
Apr 24, 2026
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While the U.S. has seen a decline in the overall number of overdose deaths, the news on drug use is not all trending positively, and researchers at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School are focused on an emerging ...
Apr 18, 2026
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People who take gabapentinoids, a medication prescribed increasingly frequently worldwide, particularly for chronic pain, face a much greater risk of drug poisoning if they are also taking another medication, finds a new ...
Apr 16, 2026
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People just aren't drinking the way they used to. "As recently as the late 1990s or early 2000s, 85% or more of high school seniors said they drank in the past year. Now that number is down to about 42%," said Kathryn McHugh, ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Researchers at Monash University, together with a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals and medication safety experts, have developed the first national consensus list of medicines with a high risk of harm in ...
Mar 21, 2026
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A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the health care system. What ...
Mar 11, 2026
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New Monash University research has found that rapidly reducing or abruptly stopping prescription opioids significantly increases the risk of mental health or substance use-related emergency presentations. For the study, researchers ...
Mar 10, 2026
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More than 70 million baby boomers—those born between 1946 and 1964—are alive today. In 2026, the oldest of them are turning 80. With longer lives often comes more complicated health needs: multiple chronic conditions, long ...
Mar 2, 2026
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