Tag: Addiction

New grant expands Texas tobacco program, targets substance use patients in rural communitiesCredit: University of Houston In Texas, only 14% ...

Multi-disciplinary approach to eradicate all traces of HIV from body, and treat co-existing substance use disorders/addictionCredit: UMSOM University of Maryland ...

While the LGBTQ+ community has seen significant advancements in legal rights, political representation and social acceptance over recent years, mental ...

UCLA study provides evidence that varenicline can aid them in quitting smoking, reducing drinking A recent UCLA clinical trial has ...

Predictive tools could help counties preemptively deliver public health resources For two decades, the number of Americans who die each ...

PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2021 - Americans are consuming more craft beer with higher alcohol content but are drinking less beer ...

Those who drink to boost their mood, to relieve stress, boredom or pain may be more at risk in pandemic ...

After a 2020 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study showed women have a difficult time accessing treatment for opioid use disorder ...

The number of specialty behavioral health establishments, their workforce and their wages have increased steadily between 2011 and 2019, according ...

An emotion regulation strategy known as cognitive reappraisal helped reduce the typically heightened and habitual attention to drug-related cues and ...

National study identifies at-risk populations and 25 geographic hot spots for epidemicCredit: UC The opioid epidemic is taking a deadly ...

Study finds adults age 50 and older with functional impairments at higher risk of medical cannabis use, as well as ...

UBCO research shows understanding teen use helps develop effective prevention programsCredit: Photo by Esteban Lopez on Unsplash. Turns out the ...

Credit: Ionoptika Ltd The latest findings show that with clever science, a single fingerprint left at a crime scene could ...

Heavy drinkers see doctors regularly, but few receive treatment for disorderCredit: Washington University School of Medicine Some 16 million Americans ...

Credit: Indiana University For some people, social gatherings can be a time to imbibe. And for some, that can turn ...

Computational model demonstrates similarity in how humans and insects learn about their surroundingsCredit: University of Sussex Even the humble fruit ...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 6, 2021 -- Opioids are the most powerful painkillers we have, but they're ...

Credit: OU Health OKLAHOMA CITY -Darla Kendzor, Ph.D., co-director of the TSET Health Promotion Research Center, was recently awarded a ...

Credit: Ross Silverman The design, interpretation, and enforcement of county and municipal laws significantly affect local public health. But accessing ...