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Seven core principles can help substance use treatment systems focus on high-level goals
By Staff Reporter | Jan 28, 2019 06:53 AM EST
Building on reviews of existing studies, researchers in Canada have identified the principles that may help improve substance use treatment systems. They have published these seven core principles in an article in the current supplemental of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Tobacco use in adolescence is tied to paranoia, largely due to shared genetic influences
By Staff Reporter | Jan 28, 2019 07:29 AM EST
Paranoia is associated with regular tobacco smoking in adolescents after accounting for other factors like cannabis use, sleep disturbances and stressful life events, reports a study recently published to the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).
Smoking associated with delayed shinbone healing
By Staff Reporter | Jan 21, 2019 08:52 AM EST
Analysis of 1,003 tibial fracture patients in single-setting over 20 years, reveals 12 experience nonunion--or arrested healing; Findings include increased risk of arrested healing among women aged 30-49, significant delay in bone healing among smokers.
E-cigarette vaping negatively impacts wound healing: Study
By Staff Reporter | Jan 21, 2019 08:50 AM EST
A new study shows that e-cigarette vaping negatively affects skin wound healing, causing damage similar to that of traditional cigarette smoking.
New survey identifies the social influences in people attending A&E
By Staff Reporter | Jan 18, 2019 02:34 PM EST
A survey of 20 disadvantaged neighbourhoods across the North West (UK) has revealed the social influences on why people attend their local Accident & Emergency department.
Combination therapy more effective in treating patients with leishmaniasis and HIV
By Jessica Nyugen | Jan 18, 2019 02:28 PM EST
The results of clinical trials conducted in Ethiopia by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) open the way for more effective and safer treatments for people with both HIV and visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Study: Decision-making predicts future drug addiction in recreational users
By Staff Reporter | Aug 21, 2018 02:31 PM EDT
Study: Decision-making predicts future drug addiction in recreational users
What Republicans Don't Want You To Know About Obamacare
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 30, 2017 09:09 AM EDT
A new study shows that The Affordable Care Act reduces heart attack deaths in middle aged Americans.
Scared Of Needles? This New Flu Patch Will Make Your Day
By Tabitha Shiflett | Jun 29, 2017 02:17 PM EDT
Goodbye injections.
John Oliver Just Put The Smack-Down On Anti-Vaxxers
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 29, 2017 02:39 PM EDT
Oliver dismantles the lingering doubts among parents about whether vaccines could cause autism. (They can't.)
More Car Accidents in States Where Marijuana is Legal
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 27, 2017 09:16 AM EDT
But the accidents themselves tend to be mellower.
By 2014 the Opioid Epidemic Was Already Destroying Lives
By Dan Franck | Jun 21, 2017 04:38 PM EDT
This isn't a new crisis.
Death on the Highway? Look for Booze and Pot
By Dan Franck | Jun 20, 2017 06:36 PM EDT
In fatal two-car collisions, the driver who caused the incident is more likely to have recently used alcohol, marajuana, or both than the innocent driver. This raises traffice safety questions in an era of relaxed marajuana laws.
Study Finds Critical Link Between Mental Illness and Inflammation
By Victoria | Jun 19, 2017 01:20 PM EDT
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital discovered a link between inflammation and mental illness using a mouse model of lupus.
Cheaper EpiPen Alternative Gets OK From FDA
By Ivy Greene | Jun 19, 2017 07:58 AM EDT
Get to know about the newly FDA-approved allergy shot, which is a cheaper version of the EpiPen.

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Conservative Treatment with a Sling can Replace Surgery for Shoulder Fractures

There is nothing to be gained by operating on a patient with a so-called displaced fracture of the shoulder. Three weeks with the arm in a sling so that the shoulder is kept inactive yields the same results.

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