Designing a new class of drugs to treat chronic pain
UC Davis researchers receive $1.5 million grant from NIH's HEAL InitiativeCredit: UC Davis Health A UC Davis research team, led ...
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Teen study reveals how schools influence e-cigarette use, outlines prevention strategies
Credit: Unsplash: Lucas Clarysse When e-cigarettes hit the U.S. market in 2007, they were promoted to adult smokers as a ...
Bertha Madras receives Innovator Award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Credit: McLean Hospital The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) has presented McLean Hospital's Bertha K. Madras, PhD, with ...
US government backs Sydney spinout company Kinoxis Therapeutics to fight opioid addiction
Funding to support development of a potential treatment for opioid withdrawalCredit: Stefanie Zingsheim/University of Sydney Kinoxis Therapeutics has been awarded ...
Harmful metals found in vapors from tank-style electronic cigarettes
UC Riverside study analyzed six popular e-cigarette tanks and their atomizersCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team ...
Wayne State/Henry Ford Health System lead $4 million Detroit-based NIH HEAL Initiative
Research to aid in increasing long-term recovery from opioid addictionCredit: National Institutes of Health DETROIT - The National Institutes of ...
UVA leads university-based coalition to battle the opioid crisis
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health The University of Virginia School of Medicine is leading a statewide effort to battle ...
McLean’s Amy C. Janes, PhD, receives Presidential Honor for Young Scientists
Credit: McLean Hospital McLean Hospital's Amy C. Janes, PhD, has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award ...
Warriors Research Institute expands telehealth to Texas veterans and their families
Baylor Scott & White Research Institute program receives grant for statewide expansionCredit: Baylor Scott & White Health Warriors Research Institute, ...
Researchers identify focus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths
Credit: Larochelle MR et al. (2019). Touchpoints: Opportunities to Predict and Prevent Opioid Overdose. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.06.039 Boston ...
Researchers discover the science behind giving up
Study published in Cell reveals activity of nociceptin neuronsCredit: Max Hunter What happens when we give up? Inside the brain, ...
Study finds new insights on overdose rates, county segregation, and socioeconomics
New research from George Mason University finds that factors such as county poverty levels, social environment, employment rates, and racial ...
Device could automatically deliver drug to reverse opioid overdose
Credit: Purdue University video/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Opioid users tend to be alone and incapacitated during an overdose. ...
UMass researchers receive $10 million grant to study jail-based opioid addiction treatment
National Institutes of Health announces creation of Justice Community Opioid NetworkCredit: UMass Amherst Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
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