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Study highlights the detrimental effect of prescription opioids on labor markets

Prescription opioids may be negatively affecting labor force participation and unemployment nationwide, according to findings in a new study co-authored by economists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and published in The Journal of Human Resources.

29 Jan 2019

Study finds that spatial architecture largely dictates connectivity within the brain

A University of California, Irvine-led study reveals that connectivity within the brain appears to be largely dictated by spatial architecture rather than cell type-specific cues. The study was published this month in Cell Reports.

27 Jan 2019

Researchers discover new details of brain pathway related to impulsive behaviors

Researchers from Singapore and South Korea have uncovered new details of a brain pathway that can cause impulsive behaviors.

25 Jan 2019

Gender-specific smoking cessation strategies may improve quit outcomes in women

Gender matters when it comes to smoking cessation. Women are 31 percent less likely to quit smoking successfully, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, in part because nicotine replacement therapy is thought to be more effective in male smokers.

25 Jan 2019

Columbia researchers develop 'Cascade of Care' model to reduce opioid overdose and death

Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for individuals under the age of 50, as the opioid epidemic continues unabated. One reason is that the majority of the estimated 2.4 million Americans with opioid use disorder aren't getting evidence-based treatment, including medications to treat opioid addiction.

24 Jan 2019

Global task force of bone health experts question effectiveness of spinal fusion procedures

There is little to no evidence that two surgical procedures used to fuse crumbled vertebrae following a spinal fracture caused by osteoporosis reduce pain for patients any better than non-surgical or placebo procedures, according to a new report from a global task force of bone health experts published today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

24 Jan 2019

People recovering from alcohol or drug disorder are quitting smoking than ever before

Smoking rates among people recovering from an alcohol or drug disorder are more than double that of the general population.

24 Jan 2019

Study reveals cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in preventing HCV transmission

Providing clean injecting equipment through needle and syringe programmes is a highly cost-effective way of preventing hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs and could save millions of pounds in infection treatment costs in the UK, according to research led by the University of Bristol and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

24 Jan 2019

African Americans who smoke cigarettes are more likely to develop peripheral artery disease

African Americans who smoke cigarettes are more likely than those who don't smoke to develop peripheral artery disease, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

23 Jan 2019

Alcohol-linked disease overtakes hep C as top reason for liver transplant

An estimated 17,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and there's a strong chance that many of them have alcohol-associated liver disease. ALD now edges out hepatitis C as the No. 1 reason for liver transplants in the United States, according to research published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

23 Jan 2019

Parents’ mental health problems associated with reactive attachment disorder in children

Children's risk of being diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) increases if parents are diagnosed with any type of mental health disorder, discovered researchers from the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry of the University of Turku, Finland.

22 Jan 2019

Erasing memories could reduce relapse rates among drug addicts

Erasing memories that link environmental cues to drug use could represent a potential new treatment for drug addiction and prevent relapse.

22 Jan 2019

Increased physician-targeted marketing associated with higher opioid overdose deaths

Many individuals cite prescription opioids as their gateway to illicit opioid use. However, while prescription opioids are involved in more than one-third of all opioid overdose deaths in the U.S., examining any correlation between prescription opioid overdose deaths and pharmaceutical industry marketing has been limited -- until now.

21 Jan 2019

Short, text-based exercises can increase happiness for adults recovering from substance use disorders

Brief, text-based, self-administered exercises can significantly increase in-the-moment happiness for adults recovering from substance use disorders, report researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Recovery Research Institute.

21 Jan 2019

County by county, researchers link opioid deaths to drugmakers’ marketing

Researchers sketched a vivid line Friday linking the dollars spent by drugmakers to woo doctors around the country to a vast opioid epidemic that has led to tens of thousands of deaths.

18 Jan 2019

The brain's cerebellum plays role in controlling reward and social behaviors, study shows

A new study in rodents has shown that the brain's cerebellum--known to play a role in motor coordination--also helps control the brain's reward circuitry.

18 Jan 2019

New regulation designs on cigarette packs direct smokers’ attention to health warnings

With 'stop smoking' high on many people's New Year's resolution list, Huddersfield researchers use eye-tracking methods to determine the effectiveness of the health warnings on packets. The study compared older-style packets with the new regulation designs.

17 Jan 2019

Mutant mice administered with cocaine failed to exhibit hyperactivity, shows study

Cocaine is a highly addictive psychostimulant that induces complex molecular, cellular and behavioral responses. Despite various approaches and years of pre-clinical studies, effective, mechanism-based therapies to assist with cocaine misuse and dependence are still sorely lacking.

16 Jan 2019

Most substance use disorder treatment facilities do not offer medication treatment

Despite the mounting death toll of America's opioid crisis, only a minority of facilities that treat substance use disorders offer patients buprenorphine, naltrexone or methadone--the three FDA-approved medications for the long-term management of opioid use disorder, according to a new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

16 Jan 2019

Keele University researchers receive £2.4 million grant to help reduce overprescribing of opioids

A research team from Keele University's Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences has been awarded a major grant of £2.4 million from the National Institute for Health Research to investigate the overprescribing of opioid painkillers, and to improve care for patients with persistent pain - without the use of long-term opioids.

14 Jan 2019

Addiction News and Research

Study highlights the detrimental effect of prescription opioids on labor markets

Study finds that spatial architecture largely dictates connectivity within the brain

Researchers discover new details of brain pathway related to impulsive behaviors

Gender-specific smoking cessation strategies may improve quit outcomes in women

Columbia researchers develop 'Cascade of Care' model to reduce opioid overdose and death

Global task force of bone health experts question effectiveness of spinal fusion procedures

People recovering from alcohol or drug disorder are quitting smoking than ever before

Study reveals cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in preventing HCV transmission

African Americans who smoke cigarettes are more likely to develop peripheral artery disease

Alcohol-linked disease overtakes hep C as top reason for liver transplant

Parents’ mental health problems associated with reactive attachment disorder in children

Erasing memories could reduce relapse rates among drug addicts

Increased physician-targeted marketing associated with higher opioid overdose deaths

Short, text-based exercises can increase happiness for adults recovering from substance use disorders

County by county, researchers link opioid deaths to drugmakers’ marketing

The brain's cerebellum plays role in controlling reward and social behaviors, study shows

New regulation designs on cigarette packs direct smokers’ attention to health warnings

Mutant mice administered with cocaine failed to exhibit hyperactivity, shows study

Most substance use disorder treatment facilities do not offer medication treatment

Keele University researchers receive £2.4 million grant to help reduce overprescribing of opioids

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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