Oncology & Cancer
New findings indicate additional benefits of exercise to breast cancer survivors
Can exercise reduce the risk of heart disease in women with breast cancer?
Mar 29, 2019
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News tagged with treatment programs
Medications
How proximity to substance use treatment programs affects opioid-related health outcomes
Despite federal and state efforts to reduce opioid availability and increase treatment access, opioid-related deaths are on the rise in New York and 29 other states. To examine whether geographic access to treatment options ...
Mar 29, 2019
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Surgery
HSS orthopedic surgeons address opioid epidemic head on
Orthopedic surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City have developed a pain management pathway designed to reduce the use of opioid analgesics after joint procedures. The effort is part of the hospital's ...
Mar 12, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
No new HIV cases by 2030? Advocates in Chicago applaud Trump's goal but question how it will be carried out.
After state and national leaders announced efforts to eliminate the spread of HIV over the next decade, those involved in prevention efforts in Chicago applauded the plan but questioned how it would be carried out, particularly ...
Feb 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Simulating your cancer treatment on a computer
In ten years, computers will be able to propose the most suitable cancer treatment for you. The idea is to simulate how all possible combinations of existing cancer treatments will work on your particular tumour.
Feb 6, 2019
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Health
Here's why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia
For many years experts in the field of drug policy in Australia have known existing policies are failing. Crude messages (calls for total abstinence: "just say no to drugs") and even cruder enforcement strategies (harsher ...
Jan 8, 2019
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Neuroscience
Neural fingerprints ID those likely to abstain from cocaine
By measuring the strength of connections between different brain networks, Yale researchers successfully predicted who would abstain from cocaine during treatment, they report Jan. 4 in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Jan 7, 2019
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Medications
Editorial: Stop allowing beliefs to get in the way of treating opioid use disorder
There is a breadth of academic research demonstrating that there are three medications that successfully treat opioid use disorder (OUD): methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. However, patients face unnecessary barriers ...
Dec 18, 2018
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Health
Insurance coverage for adult obesity care increasing
(HealthDay)—Coverage for adult obesity care improved substantially in Medicaid and state employee insurance programs between 2009 and 2017, according to a study published online Nov. 14 in Obesity to coincide with the annual ...
Nov 16, 2018
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Addiction
Substance abuse treatment relies on good brain function, which many users don't have
Methamphetamine and opioid use has become a problem in Australia, and a recent New South Wales parliamentary inquiry recommended urgent action for more substance treatment services, especially residential rehabilitation.
Aug 14, 2018
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