Medications
Cancer pain: Relief is possible
Not everyone with cancer has cancer pain, but some do. If you have cancer that's spread or recurred, your chance of having pain is higher.
Feb 17, 2021
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Cardiology
Radiomics shows cocaine fuels coronary artery disease risk
Radiomics—the extraction of very detailed quantitative features from medical images—provides a refined understanding of how cocaine use and other risk factors affect the course of coronary artery disease, according to ...
Feb 16, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sleep keeps teens on track for good mental health
As families settle back into a new school year, sleep experts at the University of South Australia are reminding parents about the importance of teenagers getting enough sleep, cautioning them that insufficient sleep can ...
Feb 10, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Death by suicide? Drug overdoses muddy waters for investigators, amplify mental health crisis
Classifying a death as suicide may be easiest for medical examiners and coroners in the western United States, which reports the highest suicide rates officially. Suicide by firearm is the leading method there, and usually ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Addiction
Rescheduling drugs to lower risk of abuse can reduce use, dangers
Many nations place drugs into various schedules or categories according to their risk of being abused and their medical value. At times, drugs are rescheduled to a more restrictive category to reduce misuse by constricting ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Medications
Pain patients who take opioids can't get in the door at over half of primary care clinics
People who take opioid medications for chronic pain may have a hard time finding a new primary care clinic that will take them on as a patient if they need one, according to a new "secret shopper" study of hundreds of clinics ...
Jan 27, 2021
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Medications
Naltrexone use decreases the risk of hospitalization in persons with alcohol use disorder
Naltrexone, used either alone or together with disulfiram or acamprosate, is associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD) when compared with non-use of AUD drugs, a new register-based ...
Jan 18, 2021
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Addiction
Research offers roadmap to address sex differences in opioid epidemic
The opioid epidemic continues in this country in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Jan 14, 2021
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Medical economics
Moves, evictions often trigger harmful breaks in health care, study says
(HealthDay)—Research brings grim findings for these economically tough times: People who must move because they can't make the rent often miss out on needed medical care.
Jan 6, 2021
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Addiction
Infant opioid withdrawal therapy varies widely by treatment site
Medical care for newborn infants who were exposed to opioids in the womb varied widely across 30 hospitals nationwide, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study authors say that the findings ...
Dec 23, 2020
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