Goal-setting and positive parent-child relationships reduce risk of youth vaping
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, July 26, 2021 - Adolescents who set goals for their future and those with strong parental support ...
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Four themes identified as contributors to diseases of despair in Pennsylvania
Credit: Penn State Hershey, Pa. -- Financial instability, lack of infrastructure, a deteriorating sense of community and family fragmentation are ...
UMass Amherst professor honored for lifetime achievement in problem gambling research
Volberg leads studies on impacts of Massachusetts casinosCredit: UMass Amherst Not long after earning her Ph.D. in sociology and losing ...
Real-time stress detection devices could help fight alcohol relapses
Credit: Clara Hill, Washington State University Wearable devices can detect people's stress, according to new Washington State University research, opening ...
Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announce 2021 laureates
Winners of America's largest unrestricted scientific prize for promising young researchers include a neuroscientist from the Salk Institute for Biological ...
Study shows Cannabis terpenes provide pain relief, contribute to ‘entourage effect’
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences/Noelle Haro-Gomez When it comes to the medicinal and therapeutic properties of Cannabis sativa, an ...
New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk
One in four new breast cancers and one in five colon cancers in Canada attributed to alcoholCredit: World Health Organization's ...
Banishing cigarettes into history’s ashcan
New grant expands Texas tobacco program, targets substance use patients in rural communitiesCredit: University of Houston In Texas, only 14% ...
NIH Avant Garde Award for out-of-box, innovative concept to cure HIV and treat addiction
Multi-disciplinary approach to eradicate all traces of HIV from body, and treat co-existing substance use disorders/addictionCredit: UMSOM University of Maryland ...
Health disadvantages of LGB communities increase among younger generations
Credit: Creative commons via WikiMedia While the LGBTQ+ community has seen significant advancements in legal rights, political representation and social ...
Medication may help heavy-drinking smokers improve their health
UCLA study provides evidence that varenicline can aid them in quitting smoking, reducing drinkingCredit: Elena Zhukova A recent UCLA clinical ...
Researchers test model to predict drug overdose deaths in US
Predictive tools could help counties preemptively deliver public health resourcesCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences For two decades, the number ...
Higher alcohol content beer popularity growing, as overall beer consumption down
Credit: Schiff, et al, Substance Use & Misuse, 2021. PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2021 - Americans are consuming more craft beer ...
Poll finds risky drinking patterns in older adults during pandemic
Those who drink to boost their mood, to relieve stress, boredom or pain may be more at risk in pandemic ...