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How fentanyl and COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the racial profile of overdose deaths in US
For as long as statistics about opioid overdose deaths have been collected in the United States, white individuals have been much more likely to die than Black individuals of the same age. With the rapidly increasing rate ...
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Understanding youth nicotine use to prevent initiation and escalation
Using multiple nicotine products can be associated with higher levels of nicotine dependence among youth and increased mortality in adults, compared with the use of one product alone. Yale researchers have now uncovered factors ...
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Withdrawal of stop-smoking pill could lead to thousands of avoidable deaths
The disruption to the supply of a prescription medicine that helps people stop smoking may have led to thousands fewer people quitting each year in England, which will lead to avoidable deaths in future, suggests a new study ...
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Medication-assisted treatment, along with group therapy, found to improve inhibitory control in heroin addiction
In line with their previous work, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai showed that individuals with heroin use disorder have lower activity in the anterior and dorsolateral PFC when performing an inhibitory ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Quitting smoking during pregnancy may have a positive effect on placental weight
A new study from the University of Bergen and the University of Exeter shows that pregnant women who quit smoking may prevent an abnormal mismatch between the weight of the placenta and the growth of the fetus.
Apr 30, 2024
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People who inject drugs are transitioning to smoking them
Researchers from the University of California San Diego have revealed new trends in drug consumption that shed light on how people are adapting to the evolving risks associated with unregulated drug use in the United States. ...
Apr 30, 2024
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California strikes deal for cheaper overdose-reversing medication
California struck up a new deal with Amneal Pharmaceuticals on April 29 to bolster the state's supply of the opioid overdose-reversing medication naloxone at a much lower price for schools, police departments and others trying ...
Apr 30, 2024
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To stop fentanyl deaths in Philadelphia, knocking on doors and handing out overdose kits
On a narrow street lined with row houses and an auto body shop in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Marsella Elie climbs a home's front steps and knocks hard on the door.
Apr 30, 2024
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Frequent teen vaping might boost risk of toxic lead and uranium exposure
Frequent teen vaping might boost the risk of exposure to lead and uranium, potentially harming brain and organ development, suggests research published online in the journal Tobacco Control.
Apr 29, 2024
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Fentanyl inhalation may cause potentially irreversible brain damage, warn doctors
Inhaling the synthetic opioid fentanyl may cause potentially irreversible brain damage (toxic leukoencephalopathy), warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports, after treating a middle-aged man found unresponsive in his ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health
It's wine time. Beer Thirty. Happy hour. Five o'clock somewhere.
Apr 29, 2024
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People with opioid use disorder less likely to receive palliative care at end of life, finds study
Compared with people without opioid use disorder, those with opioid use disorder were less likely to receive palliative care in clinics and in their homes, and were dying at younger ages of causes other than opioid use, according ...
Apr 29, 2024
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How LA County is trying to remake addiction treatment—no more 'business as usual'
Gary Horejsi wrestled with the decision before him, knowing a life could be in his hands. It was the third time that the woman had used drugs or alcohol since coming to CRI-Help, which runs a 135-bed residential facility ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Biden administration delays menthol cigarette ban
A long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes has been delayed indefinitely, the Biden administration said Friday.
Apr 29, 2024
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More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction treatment. Why aren't more people getting help?
It's easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. But despite the looser restrictions and the ongoing overdose crisis, a new study finds ...
Apr 28, 2024
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Study finds big jump in addiction treatment at community health clinics
The number of health care professionals able to write a prescription for a key medication to treat addiction quadrupled at community health clinics from 2016 to 2021, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon Health ...
Apr 27, 2024
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Patients prescribed gabapentinoids at increased risk of drug misuse or overdose, researchers find
Doctors and clinicians must exercise extreme caution when selecting patients to prescribe gabapentinoids to, Keele researchers have said, after finding a link between gabapentinoid prescriptions and a higher risk of worse ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Medscape removes education courses for doctors funded by tobacco giant
Medical education provider Medscape has bowed to pressure and agreed to permanently remove a series of accredited medical education courses on smoking cessation funded by the tobacco industry giant Philip Morris International ...
Apr 26, 2024
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Study reviews approaches to cocaine treatment for Black Americans
A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky have found that both culturally tailored and culturally universal approaches can be effective for cocaine treatment in Black Americans.
Apr 26, 2024
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