Addiction
Forgotten how to party? Safety tips from a drug and alcohol expert
Canceled dance parties, festivals and other events have shaped how Australians use alcohol and other drugs during the pandemic.
Oct 22, 2021
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Addiction
Brief counselling by a doctor can reduce drinking
A new systematic review and meta-analysis has found that alcohol-targeted brief interventions (short, structured, one-to-one conversations about drinking designed to motivate changes in risky behaviour) delivered in doctors' ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Addiction
Tobacco and alcohol may increase likelihood of using illegal drugs, new study shows
The use of legal drugs (tobacco and alcohol) may lead to the use of cannabis, a new study led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Addiction has found. The study also found evidence that cannabis use ...
Sep 30, 2021
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Health
Experts note rise in alcohol use among older adults
As the baby boomer generation moves into retirement age, it is expected that by the year 2034, older adults (ages 65 and up) will outnumber children in the United States for the first time in history. As the population ages, ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Diabetes
Common osteoporosis drug may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes
New research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), held online this year, suggests that the widely used osteoporosis drug alendronate reduces the risk of type ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Health
Study: Majority of #alcohol videos on TikTok portray drinking in a positive light
An overwhelming number of popular TikTok videos that reference alcohol focus on its positive associations and ignore the negative ones, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Sep 22, 2021
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Addiction
Hospitals face urgent need for addiction treatment in emergency departments
An increasing percentage of emergency visits and hospitalizations in the United States before the pandemic involved patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers. ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Medications
Only a minority of those with alcohol use disorders receives medication
Only a minority of Swedes with alcohol use disorders are prescribed alcohol medication, a situation that has remained largely unchanged in the country since the mid-2000. That is according to a study at Sweden's Karolinska ...
Sep 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Calculated risk: A new tool to predict mortality in patients with liver failure
For patients with chronic liver disease, the onset of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) instantly alters the transplant question from "if" to "when." Between 60 and 70% of patients with ACLF die within 3 months due to ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Heavy drinking when young increases alcohol risk in early pregnancy
Young women who binge or frequently drink alcohol were more likely to drink during the early stages of pregnancy, according to new research.
Sep 9, 2021
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