Electronic cigarettes are more frequently used by people who recently quit smoking and alcohol drinkers, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2017, a premier ...
Nov 14, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Drug overdose death rates in rural areas of the United States are now higher than in cities, a trend that worries federal health officials.
Oct 20, 2017
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Public health authorities on Tuesday declared an outbreak of the highly contagious liver disease hepatitis A in Los Angeles County, the third California region to see significant infections this year.
Sep 19, 2017
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The government's announcement in the May 2017 budget of a trial of random drug testing of 5,000 Youth Allowance and Newstart recipients has been almost universally criticised. While the prime minister claimed the program ...
Sep 13, 2017
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New research finds that brief interventions in a primary care clinic can reduce patients' risky substance use by 4.5 days per month—a 40 percent decline among the Latino patients surveyed—compared with people who did ...
Sep 1, 2017
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A team of University of Manchester academics has published an evaluation of the impact of the Government's pilot Payment By Results scheme for drug misuse treatment – giving it a mixed reception.
Aug 15, 2017
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Every year, the UK Home Office invites a sample of 50,000 people to tell them whether they have used any illicit drugs. Although you might wonder why anyone would willingly share this type of information, most people agree ...
Jul 27, 2017
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One in five adolescents at risk of tobacco dependency, harmful alcohol consumption and illicit drug use:
Jun 7, 2017
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Potent new synthetic opioids that mimic the effects of heroin and morphine are a growing health threat in the European Union, the bloc's drug agency said Tuesday.
Jun 6, 2017
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Children who participated in the PROSPER (PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience) program over seven years ago showed lower rates of substance abuse after high school graduation, according ...
May 31, 2017
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