Addiction
What to call someone who uses heroin?
First-ever study to ask people who use heroin what they want to be called finds "people first" language often best, and language suggesting misuse or dependence generally worst.
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News tagged with substance use disorders
Medications
Benzodiazepine use with opioids intensifies neonatal abstinence syndrome
Babies born after being exposed to both opioids and benzodiazepines before birth are more likely to have severe drug withdrawal, requiring medications like morphine for treatment, compared to infants exposed to opioids alone, ...
Jul 01, 2019
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Immunology
Molecular imaging suggests smokers may have impaired neuroimmune function
Research presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNM MI) shows preliminary evidence that tobacco smokers may have reduced neuroimmune function compared with nonsmokers.
Jun 25, 2019
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Addiction
Young adults who live near medical marijuana dispensaries use more often
Young adults who live in neighborhoods with more medical marijuana dispensaries use marijuana more frequently than their peers and have more-positive views about the drug, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Jun 17, 2019
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Health
Youth drug use trends will compel primary care physicians to keep up
The times are changing, and so are drug and alcohol use trends among American youth.
Jun 14, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to know if your child is addicted to video games and what to do about it
If your child spends long hours playing video games, you might be worried they're addicted.
Jun 05, 2019
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Medications
Studying implications of policy and law for treatment of substance use disorders
People who suffer from substance use disorder need effective treatments, however, 90 percent of those who need treatment do not receive it. One Penn State professor and his team are looking into the legal and financial barriers ...
Jun 04, 2019
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Health
ACP issues ethical guidance for responding to physician impairment
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a position paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine that examines the professional duties and principles that should guide the response of colleagues and the profession ...
Jun 04, 2019
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Medications
Polysubstance use, social factors associated with opioid overdose deaths
A new study led by Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction shows that opioid-related overdose deaths involving another substance is now the norm, not the exception, in Massachusetts. The researchers analyzed ...
May 29, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Risk of suicide attempt by children doubles if parent uses opioids
The suicide rate among young people in the U.S. has risen dramatically in the past 15 years. Over the same time period, opioid use and abuse in adults also has increased considerably.
May 22, 2019
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