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Clinical trial tests impact of actual and virtual nature on cancer patients

Researchers at Houston Methodist Cancer Center are exploring whether exposure to nature, through either a live garden or virtual reality, can alleviate pain and distress in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, possibly reducing the need for prescription narcotics.

4 Nov 2019

Men can also get breast cancer

Roland Taylor, 69, has faced considerable struggles in life, at times battling homelessness and addiction. Two years ago, he felt a lump in his chest, but ignored it until he discovered that it had grown.

31 Oct 2019

Optometrists reduce opioid prescription without increasing pain

Optometrists at the University of Michigan have introduced a new approach to prescribing opioids in an effort to help curb the nation’s opioid epidemic.

31 Oct 2019

Portage, Geauga and Lake counties to get new drug prevention infrastructures

Kent State University's College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.

30 Oct 2019

Diabetes drug abolishes characteristic signs of nicotine withdrawal in mice

A drug commonly used to treat Type II diabetes abolishes the characteristic signs of nicotine withdrawal in rats and mice, according to new research published in JNeurosci. The finding may offer an important new strategy in the battle to quit smoking.

From Society for Neuroscience 30 Oct 2019

New online course launched to help providers understand every facet of opioid crisis

Even if they never write a single prescription for an opioid painkiller, or care for someone who has overdosed on heroin or fentanyl, people who work in every area of American healthcare need to understand how the opioid epidemic is affecting their patients, their families and their communities, and how to prevent new cases of opioid addiction.

30 Oct 2019

Obesity has limited behavioral overlap with addiction, research finds

A large analysis of personality studies has found that people with obesity behave somewhat like people with addictions to alcohol or drugs. But obesity is also a complex condition that cannot be fully explained by the addiction model.

29 Oct 2019

Behavioral economic analysis used to predict alcohol problems among heavy-drinking college students

Most people drink less in situations where there are constraints on alcohol use. The sensitivity of alcohol use to the constraint of drink price can be assessed using an 'alcohol purchase task', whereby individuals specify how many drinks they would buy in one drinking episode across a range of prices.

29 Oct 2019

Hospitals take shot at opioid makers over cost of treating uninsured for addiction

While thousands of cities and counties have banded together to sue opioid makers and distributors in a federal court, another group of plaintiffs has started to sue on their own: hospitals.

29 Oct 2019

Teen e-cigarette use epidemic blamed on flavoured cartridges

Researchers from University of Southern California have found that more and more teenagers are sticking to vaping e cigarettes if they are being offered choices of different candy and fruity flavours.

28 Oct 2019

Using wastewater to map global use of illicit drugs

Wastewater-based epidemiology is a rapidly developing scientific discipline with the potential for monitoring close to real-time, population-level trends in illicit drug use.

25 Oct 2019

Flavors attract both youth and adults to use e-cigarettes

As more and more youth use electronic cigarettes, combined with research showing the health consequences of vaping - including nicotine addiction - researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill found that non-menthol flavors attract youth and adults to use e-cigarettes and that the use of flavored e-cigarettes contributes to multiple pathways linked to higher e-cigarette use among youth.

24 Oct 2019

Enhanced informatics tool could help better identify nonfatal opioid overdose cases in the ED

A team of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina has been awarded $3.75 million by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences to enhance an existing informatics tool known as "informatics for integrating biology and the bedside" or I2B2.

24 Oct 2019

Gene linked to schizophrenia likely confers risk for illness

Researchers have discovered in mice how one of the few genes definitively linked to schizophrenia, called SETD1A, likely confers risk for the illness. Mice genetically engineered to lack a functioning version of the enzyme-coding gene showed abnormalities in working memory, mimicking those commonly seen in schizophrenia patients.

24 Oct 2019

Addiction News and Research

Clinical trial tests impact of actual and virtual nature on cancer patients

Men can also get breast cancer

Optometrists reduce opioid prescription without increasing pain

Portage, Geauga and Lake counties to get new drug prevention infrastructures

Diabetes drug abolishes characteristic signs of nicotine withdrawal in mice

New online course launched to help providers understand every facet of opioid crisis

Obesity has limited behavioral overlap with addiction, research finds

Behavioral economic analysis used to predict alcohol problems among heavy-drinking college students

Hospitals take shot at opioid makers over cost of treating uninsured for addiction

Teen e-cigarette use epidemic blamed on flavoured cartridges

Using wastewater to map global use of illicit drugs

Flavors attract both youth and adults to use e-cigarettes

Enhanced informatics tool could help better identify nonfatal opioid overdose cases in the ED

Gene linked to schizophrenia likely confers risk for illness

Washington State law on behavioral care balances parental rights, teens’ autonomy

Highest anxiety and sleeping pill prescription rates in deprived areas of England

Researchers map global use of illicit drugs via wastewater samples

Sanford Burnham Prebys scientist receives $3.58 million to advance treatment for opioid-use disorders

BBRF announces over $13.8 million in Young Investigator Grants to support mental health scientists

Mothers and fathers influence their adult children's health in very different ways

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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