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West Virginia study details promising method for estimating rural intravenous drug use
By Staff Reporter | Jan 28, 2019 09:22 AM ESTResearchers release a new tool to help rural communities understand the resources needed to combat the opioid epidemic
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Columbia study finds alcohol, space, and time influence young people's sexual encounters
By Staff Reporter | Jan 28, 2019 09:13 AM ESTA significant under-addressed issue in global health is the interaction between alcohol use and sexual encounters among adolescents, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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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 ESTBuilding 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.
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Tobacco use in adolescence is tied to paranoia, largely due to shared genetic influences
By Staff Reporter | Jan 28, 2019 07:29 AM ESTParanoia 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).
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Smoking associated with delayed shinbone healing
By Staff Reporter | Jan 21, 2019 08:52 AM ESTAnalysis 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.
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E-cigarette vaping negatively impacts wound healing: Study
By Staff Reporter | Jan 21, 2019 08:50 AM ESTA new study shows that e-cigarette vaping negatively affects skin wound healing, causing damage similar to that of traditional cigarette smoking.
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New survey identifies the social influences in people attending A&E
By Staff Reporter | Jan 18, 2019 02:34 PM ESTA survey of 20 disadvantaged neighbourhoods across the North West (UK) has revealed the social influences on why people attend their local Accident & Emergency department.
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Combination therapy more effective in treating patients with leishmaniasis and HIV
By Jessica Nyugen | Jan 18, 2019 02:28 PM ESTThe 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).
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Study: Decision-making predicts future drug addiction in recreational users
By Staff Reporter | Aug 21, 2018 02:31 PM EDTStudy: Decision-making predicts future drug addiction in recreational users
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What Republicans Don't Want You To Know About Obamacare
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 30, 2017 09:09 AM EDTA new study shows that The Affordable Care Act reduces heart attack deaths in middle aged Americans.
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Scared Of Needles? This New Flu Patch Will Make Your Day
By Tabitha Shiflett | Jun 29, 2017 02:17 PM EDTGoodbye injections.
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John Oliver Just Put The Smack-Down On Anti-Vaxxers
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 29, 2017 02:39 PM EDTOliver dismantles the lingering doubts among parents about whether vaccines could cause autism. (They can't.)
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More Car Accidents in States Where Marijuana is Legal
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 27, 2017 09:16 AM EDTBut the accidents themselves tend to be mellower.
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By 2014 the Opioid Epidemic Was Already Destroying Lives
By Dan Franck | Jun 21, 2017 04:38 PM EDTThis isn't a new crisis.
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Death on the Highway? Look for Booze and Pot
By Dan Franck | Jun 20, 2017 06:36 PM EDTIn 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.
