Tag: Addiction

Plans call for working with the University of New England to address the issue BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI ...

Study: Medication treatment reduces arrests among people with opioid use disorder

UMass Amherst public health scientist leads research into social outcomes of treatmentCredit: UMass Amherst When it comes to addressing the ...

Graphic cigarette warning labels can deter some sales

But strategy may not deter smokers who are most addicted to nicotineCredit: RAND Corp. Placing graphic anti-smoking warning labels on ...

Most adults dying prematurely of natural causes did not seek medical help, report reveals

Credit: Photo by Desmond Bostick/IFS About two-thirds of the adults dying prematurely from natural causes did not seek medical help ...

Experimental drug shows promise for opioid withdrawal symptoms

April 7, 2019

In rats, rapastinel reverses signs of withdrawal with no side effects Orlando, Fla. (April 7, 2019) - While medicines are ...

Fresh guidance to fill ‘information vacuum’ on new cannabis products for medicinal use

April 6, 2019

A clinical review, published today (Saturday 6 April 2019) for the BMJ, provides new interim advice for doctors and clinicians ...

Study calculates costs associated with smoking by patients with cancer

April 5, 2019

Credit: MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, Emma Vought A study released today in JAMA Network Open reported that smoking after a ...

Severe psychological distress and daily cannabis use: Implications for mental health?

April 4, 2019

April 4, 2019 -- Daily cannabis use increased significantly from 2008 to 2016 among those with and without past-month serious ...

Opioid epidemic is increasing rates of some infectious diseases

Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis WHAT: The United States faces a converging public ...

Alcohol-induced brain damage continues after alcohol is stopped

These results refute the current belief that changes in the brain begin to normalize immediately after stopping alcohol consumptionCredit: Silvia ...

More policy work needed to reduce use of smokeless tobacco, say researchers

Researchers at the University of York have shown that regulations on smokeless tobacco are still lacking, despite 181 countries agreeing ...

People with obesity often ‘dehumanized,’ study finds

New research, published in Obesity, has found that people with obesity are not only stigmatised, but are blatantly dehumanised. Obesity ...

Experimental Biology highlights — Environment and public health

New research on the natural world, environmental exposures, opioids and pregnancy Embargoed press materials are now available for the Experimental ...

‘NarcoLogic’ computer model shows unintended consequences of cocaine interdiction