The number of hospitalizations and surgeries to treat drug-associated infective endocarditis have both increased more than tenfold in North Carolina, according to doctors at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine ...
Dec 5, 2018
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To navigate our way through the world, we constantly make choices. While we've all made our fair share of regrettable ones, most of us eventually learn from these—and we generally take this ability for granted.
Oct 13, 2020
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Harmful drinking among adults increases the longer they spend at home in lockdown, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Dec 7, 2020
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Art therapy is a common activity for people receiving treatment for a substance use disorder, but the therapeutic value of making art as part of treatment programs hasn't been researched sufficiently.
Feb 6, 2024
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California lawmakers gave final approval late Thursday to a significant overhaul of the state's landmark 1967 behavioral health law, part of an ongoing effort to address a statewide mental illness crisis made worse by homelessness ...
Sep 18, 2023
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The percentage of methadone-involved overdose deaths relative to all drug overdose deaths declined from January 2019 to August 2021, according to a new study. Access to methadone, a medication to treat opioid use disorder, ...
Jul 13, 2022
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For patients with chronic pain, ineffective treatments, lowered work productivity, and other factors often coalesce, fueling feelings of hopelessness and anxiety and setting the stage for even bigger problems, including substance ...
May 5, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Using marijuana when you have HIV could lead to problems with brain function if you also abuse alcohol or drugs, a new study finds.
Nov 28, 2017
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Addiction is one of society's most misunderstood and rebuked health conditions. That stigma discourages many people from seeking treatment for substance dependence, according to a new report published in Psychological Science ...
Dec 15, 2023
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A team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) focused on drug addiction research have pioneered a new way to study frustration as a factor in substance use disorders. The study was published in the ...
Mar 2, 2021
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