Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify hormone that drives fatigue after cancer radiation therapy
Fatigue is a common and potentially debilitating side effect of cancer radiation therapy.
Dec 20, 2022
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News tagged with opiate drugs
Medical research
New research finds cause of morphine side effects
A University of Colorado Boulder-led research team has discovered that two protein receptors in the central nervous system team up to respond to morphine and cause unwanted neuroinflammation, a finding with implications for ...
Apr 2, 2012
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Medications
Can eating poppy seeds affect drug test results? An addiction and pain medicine specialist explains
The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, 2023, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction and pain medicine specialist ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Medications
Why Australians are using painkillers for social and emotional suffering
George (Kev) Dertadian has always been interested in challenging the stigmatisation of drug users.
Apr 11, 2019
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Medications
Toxicology tests don't tell the whole story of the opioid epidemic
"Drug overdoses killed more Tennesseans than ever last year, fentanyl deaths up 70 percent," a recent headline from my hometown newspaper, The Tennessean, proclaimed.
Oct 15, 2018
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Pediatrics
Neonatologist's study trial supports alternative therapy for drug-addicted babies
In the past decade, the number of Kentucky babies starting life with a drug dependency, or neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), has skyrocketed from 1.3 per 1,000 births to 19 per 1,000 births.
Feb 2, 2015
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Medications
Study reveals lack of data on opioid drugs
A National Institutes of Health white paper that was released today finds little to no evidence for the effectiveness of opioid drugs in the treatment of long-term chronic pain, despite the explosive recent growth in the ...
Jan 13, 2015
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover a novel opiate addiction switch in the brain
Neuroscientists at Western University (London, Canada) have made a remarkable new discovery revealing the underlying molecular process by which opiate addiction develops in the brain. Opiate addiction is largely controlled ...
Sep 10, 2013
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Addiction
Study: Marijuana top illegal drug used worldwide
Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug used worldwide, but addictions to popular painkillers like Vicodin, Oxycontin and codeine kill the most people, according to the first-ever global survey of illicit drug abuse.
Aug 28, 2013
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Addiction
Heroin availability increasing across Washington state
New data from the University of Washington's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute indicates increases in heroin availability, abuse and deaths across the state, particularly among young adults ages 18-29. These increases are ...
Jun 12, 2013
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