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FDA announces new actions to limit sale of e-cigarettes to youth

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center applauds new actions announced today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to limit the sale of most flavored electronic cigarettes to age-restricted locations and require age-verification for online sales to lower the use of these products in children.

16 Nov 2018

Collection of demonstration projects highlights value of patient engagement in research

Does engaging patients in research projects improve health? A comprehensive collection of 17 innovative demonstration projects -- from youth involvement in mental health services to suicide prevention, Indigenous health, children with complex medical needs and more -- highlights the value of patient engagement in research.

15 Nov 2018

Research explores how exercise may help fight drug addiction

The siren call of addictive drugs can be hard to resist, and returning to the environment where drugs were previously taken can make resistance that much harder.

14 Nov 2018

Alcohol ads on social media sites with pro-drinking comments increase desire to drink

Alcohol advertisements on social media sites such as Facebook can increase young adults' desire to drink if the ads contain pro-drinking comments from users. That's according to new research in the current issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

14 Nov 2018

Food insecurity during pregnancy linked to severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome

A new study shows that food insecurity in pregnant women being treated for opioid use disorder may be associated with increased risk for their infants receiving pharmacologic treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome.

13 Nov 2018

Mild exposure to single blast can induce meaningful pathogenic effects, study shows

As many as 300,000 United States service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 have suffered traumatic brain injury due to explosions. The vast majority of these blast-induced traumatic brain injuries, or bTBIs, were classified as mild.

12 Nov 2018

Study finds rapid increase in overdose deaths involving amphetamines and methamphetamines

The number of overdose deaths involving methamphetamines and amphetamines in the state of Ohio increased more than 5,000 percent over the course of eight years, according to data collected by the Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health.

7 Nov 2018

O'Donnell Brain Institute helps U.S. effort to study neural circuits behind learning, memory

UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute will help in a national effort to understand the neural circuits behind learning, memory, and behavior.

3 Nov 2018

NIH increases funding through the BRAIN Initiative

The National Institutes of Health announces funding of more than 200 new awards, totaling over $220 million, through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative, an exciting trans-agency effort to arm researchers with revolutionary tools to fundamentally understand the neural circuits that underlie the healthy and diseased brain.

2 Nov 2018

Research on student alcohol use can offer clues about interventions to reduce blackouts

College students who drink alcohol don't typically intend to drink to the point that they "black out," and they also don't fully grasp what specific drinking behaviors present the greatest risk of blackouts, a new series of studies finds.

2 Nov 2018

Certain personality traits directly influence people's responses to failures in digital technology

Do you get frustrated and angry when your WiFi connection stops working? It could be because of your personality.

2 Nov 2018

Wellspring celebrates grand opening of its compounding pharmacy division

Wellspring celebrated its compounding pharmacy division's grand opening with a ribbon cutting attended by over 60 guests, including Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, on Tuesday, October 30th at its new location.

2 Nov 2018

Medsphere endorses SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology solutions and services, today endorsed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act signed into law by President Trump on October 24.

1 Nov 2018

Addiction News and Research

FDA announces new actions to limit sale of e-cigarettes to youth

Collection of demonstration projects highlights value of patient engagement in research

Research explores how exercise may help fight drug addiction

Alcohol ads on social media sites with pro-drinking comments increase desire to drink

Food insecurity during pregnancy linked to severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome

Mild exposure to single blast can induce meaningful pathogenic effects, study shows

Study finds rapid increase in overdose deaths involving amphetamines and methamphetamines

O'Donnell Brain Institute helps U.S. effort to study neural circuits behind learning, memory

NIH increases funding through the BRAIN Initiative

Research on student alcohol use can offer clues about interventions to reduce blackouts

Certain personality traits directly influence people's responses to failures in digital technology

Wellspring celebrates grand opening of its compounding pharmacy division

Medsphere endorses SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

New federal grant will allow Brown to expand opioid treatment in state correctional system

Smoking pot can damage memory study confirms

UA pharmacology professors aim to avoid opioid analgesic tolerance

Dopamine neurons play role in reinforcing addictive effects of heroin

Study finds increase in opioid-affected births to rural residents in rural and urban hospitals

Physician-scientists treat first patient in the U.S. with focused ultrasound for neuropathic leg pain

Higher screen time linked to increased levels of anxiety in children, finds study

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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