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New conceptual framework for protecting urban mental health

People who live in cities face many challenges that threaten their mental health. In countries in which relatively higher numbers of people live in cities, depression, anxiety and addiction are generally more common.

7 Oct 2021

Heroin overdose deaths more likely to occur shortly after hospital discharge

Drug-related deaths are four times more likely to occur in the two days after hospital discharge than at any other time among users of opioids such as heroin, according to research led by UCL, Public Health England (PHE) and King's College London.

6 Oct 2021

University of Kentucky studies show a notable rise in opioid overdose deaths among non-Hispanic Blacks

Recent studies by the University of Kentucky's HEALing Communities Study (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) researchers show a notable rise in opioid overdose death rates among non-Hispanic Black individuals.

6 Oct 2021

Detailed atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex will provide a springboard for future research

The NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has unveiled an atlas of cell types and an anatomical neuronal wiring diagram for the mammalian primary motor cortex, derived from detailed studies of mice, monkeys, and humans.

6 Oct 2021

Study finds increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in people with substance use disorders

An analysis of electronic health records of nearly 580,000 fully vaccinated people in the United States found that the risk of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection among vaccinated patients with substance use disorders was low overall, but higher than the risk among vaccinated people without substance use disorders.

6 Oct 2021

Fatal opioid overdoses four times more likely in the first two days after hospital discharge

The period after hospital discharge is a high-risk time for people who use illicit opioids such as heroin, according to new research publishing October 5th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.

5 Oct 2021

'Think twice' campaign effective in reducing opioid prescribing in primary care

A campaign that urged GPs to 'think-twice' before putting a patient on opioid medicines is effective in reducing opioid prescribing in primary care, according to the findings of a major study.

5 Oct 2021

CHLA investigators receive NIH funding to lead study on healthy brain development

When children are sick, clinicians can consult a known standard for how their heart, lungs and kidneys should be growing and working.

4 Oct 2021

E-cigarette use among youth remains a serious public health issue during the COVID-19 pandemic

A study released today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that more than 2 million U.S. middle and high school students reported currently using e-cigarettes in 2021, with more than 8 in 10 of those youth using flavored e-cigarettes.

4 Oct 2021

Listen: California banks on a bold treatment: Pay drug users to stop using

When Billy Lemon was trying to kick his methamphetamine addiction, he went to a drug treatment program at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation three times a week and peed in a cup. If it tested negative for meth, he got paid about $7.

4 Oct 2021

Legal consumption of alcohol and tobacco may increase the use of illicit drugs

The use of legal drugs (tobacco and alcohol) may lead to the use of cannabis, a new study led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Addiction has found. The study also found evidence that cannabis use may lead to smoking initiation, and opioid dependence could lead to increased alcohol consumption.

30 Sep 2021

Withdrawal from psychostimulants alters functional architecture and patterns in the brain

Addictive psychostimulants, from nicotine in cigarettes to illicit drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine, affect different regions of the brain. The same is believed true during withdrawal; finding a common brain pathway has proved elusive.

27 Sep 2021

Research demonstrates a clear link between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits

New data collected by University of Minnesota Medical School researchers demonstrate a clear connection between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits.

23 Sep 2021

Study finds rise in methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths from 2015 to 2019

Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019 among people ages 18-64 in the United States, according to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

22 Sep 2021

Doubling excise duties could prevent alcohol-attributable cancers

In a recent modeling study, scientists at Technische Universität Dresden have examined the impact of increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages on alcohol-attributable cancers in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region.

22 Sep 2021

Researchers create a living bioengineered nerve circuit to tackle opioid overdose crisis

In 2019, nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid overdoses, bringing the total of number of deaths from the opioid crisis to half a million over the past 10 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

21 Sep 2021

Study paves the way for development of novel delivery systems to suppress HIV

In a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health, researchers used exosomes, tiny nanoparticles capable of being taken up by cells, to deliver novel protein into the cells of mice infected with HIV. The protein attached to HIVs' genetic material and prevented it from replicating, resulting in reduced levels of HIV in the bone marrow, spleen, and brain.

21 Sep 2021

Study finds rising rates of smoking and vaping among teenagers in Ireland

For the first time in 25 years, rates of smoking among teenage boys in Ireland are increasing, according to a study published in ERJ Open Research.

20 Sep 2021

'Spice' users likely to experience more severe withdrawal symptoms, study finds

Research published today by psychologists at the University of Bath suggests that 'Spice' – which contains synthetic drugs originally designed to mimic the effects of cannabis – is more harmful than cannabis and that users are likely to experience more severe withdrawal symptoms when attempting to quit.

18 Sep 2021

Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder die at a rate comparable to heart attack patients

Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder died at a rate comparable to those who suffered heart attacks within a year of hospital discharge, according to a new study from Oregon Health & Science University.

15 Sep 2021

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New conceptual framework for protecting urban mental health

Heroin overdose deaths more likely to occur shortly after hospital discharge

University of Kentucky studies show a notable rise in opioid overdose deaths among non-Hispanic Blacks

Detailed atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex will provide a springboard for future research

Study finds increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in people with substance use disorders

Fatal opioid overdoses four times more likely in the first two days after hospital discharge

'Think twice' campaign effective in reducing opioid prescribing in primary care

CHLA investigators receive NIH funding to lead study on healthy brain development

E-cigarette use among youth remains a serious public health issue during the COVID-19 pandemic

Listen: California banks on a bold treatment: Pay drug users to stop using

Legal consumption of alcohol and tobacco may increase the use of illicit drugs

Withdrawal from psychostimulants alters functional architecture and patterns in the brain

Research demonstrates a clear link between nicotine withdrawal and poor eating habits

Study finds rise in methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths from 2015 to 2019

Doubling excise duties could prevent alcohol-attributable cancers

Researchers create a living bioengineered nerve circuit to tackle opioid overdose crisis

Study paves the way for development of novel delivery systems to suppress HIV

Study finds rising rates of smoking and vaping among teenagers in Ireland

'Spice' users likely to experience more severe withdrawal symptoms, study finds

Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder die at a rate comparable to heart attack patients

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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