New e-cigarette laws could drive some users to smoke more cigarettes
Making e-cigs less appealing to youth may have unintended effects on existing usersCredit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Efforts by ...
Tag: Addiction
Surgery before pregnancy linked to higher risk of opioid withdrawal in babies
Use of opioids to control post-op pain can lead to dependency Babies whose mothers underwent surgery before pregnancy have an ...
Taking opioids for pain may make it harder to find primary care, study finds
'Secret shopper' study reveals 40% of primary care clinics won't take a new patient who takes opioid painkillers on an ...
Fewer than half of US adults exposed to court-ordered anti-smoking advertisements
Reach of tobacco industry corrective statements even lower among certain groups with higher smoking ratesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center The ...
Seeing greenery linked to less intense and frequent cravings
Credit: University of Plymouth Being able to see green spaces from your home is associated with reduced cravings for alcohol, ...
Prescribing opioids for a sprained ankle?
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. - While ankle sprain injuries are common, a new report from Michigan Medicine suggests ...
Dr. Carlo C. DiClemente to Deliver 11th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture at the NIH
What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Carlo ...
Biomedical scientist to study how body’s cannabis-like molecules influence obesity
Research is supported by a five-year grant to UC Riverside from the National Institutes of HealthCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. ...
Caught in the middle: Family physicians discuss their role in the opioid crisis
Family physician perceptions of their role in managing the opioid crisis Family physicians prescribe the greatest volume of opioids (22.9%) ...
Redesign of opioid medication management shows impact in rural clinics
Team-based clinic redesign of opioid medication management in primary care: Effect on opioid prescribing In rural practice, a system redesign ...
July/August 2019 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Diabetes Patients Experiencing Empathy From Primary Care Practitioners Have Lower Risk of Mortality A United Kingdom study designed to examine ...
Patients with mental health conditions denied access to ‘best available’ stop smoking treatments
University of Bath press release A new study from researchers at the Universities of Bath and Bristol suggests that doctors ...
Study examined short-term treatment of internet, computer game addiction
What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial of 143 men tested a short-term treatment for internet and computer game ...
UM researchers land NIH contract to develop opioid addiction vaccine
Credit: University of Montana file photo MISSOULA - The University of Montana has received a $3.3 million contract from the ...
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