IU study looks at the effect of Medicaid expansion on the SUD treatment workforce
Credit: Indiana University Lawmakers have focused a great deal of attention on alleviating the opioid public health crisis, while at ...
Tag: Addiction
Never too late to quit — protective cells could cut risk of lung cancer for ex-smokers
Credit: The Sanger Institute / UCL Protective cells in the lungs of ex-smokers could explain why quitting smoking reduces the ...
How to head off a Red Bull habit — study
Trial to discourage too much energy drink consumptionCredit: Flinders University Regular consumers of popular caffeinated energy drinks may need help ...
Abnormal imaging findings key to EVALI diagnosis in vapers
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Pulmonary imaging is important in the diagnosis of the acute ...
UCI researchers identify a connection between early life adversity and opioid addiction
Credit: School of Biological Sciences / UCI Irvine, CA - January 24, 2020 - Individuals with a history of early ...
Controlled-release opioid may be leading to heart infections in persons who inject drugs
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry LONDON, ON - A new study from ICES, Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University ...
Study contests use of smoked cannabis in treatment of cocaine addiction
Researchers in Brazil evaluated cocaine and crack addicts undergoing rehabilitation for six months and observed a higher relapse rate and ...
Chemicals between us: Surprising effects of oxytocin on cocaine addiction
Medical University of South Carolina researchers use the colloquially known 'love hormone' oxytocin as potential therapeutic for cocaine addicts with ...
Voluntary limit-setting can keep intense online gamblers in check
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 15, 2020--A new study has shown that, among online gamblers, ...
In mice, alcohol dependence results in brain-wide remodeling of functional architecture
Novel imaging technologies produce first whole-brain atlas at single-cell resolution, revealing how alcohol addiction -- and abstinence -- change neural ...
Research shows nasal spray antidote is easiest to give for opioid overdose
Study assessed ability of people without training to administer naloxoneCredit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - ...
New $3 million project to study opioid medication use in criminal justice setting
Credit: UK Photo | Mark Cornelison LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2020) - The University of Kentucky recently received $3 million ...
Researchers surprised by high levels of alcohol consumption among cancer survivors
First-ever large study on drinking habits of cancer survivors -- published in JNCCN -- finds more than a third exceed ...
Mayo Clinic researchers pursue single-dose gene therapy to treat cocaine addiction
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2020--In a radical new approach to treat cocaine addition, ...
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