Addiction Medicine
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Buprenorphine linked with lower risk for neonatal harms than methadone
The risk of adverse maternal outcomes was similar between the two treatments, according to a large study.
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Your patients are rotting their teeth with vaping
The study found that 79% of patients who responded “yes” to being a current user of vapes were at high risk for dental decay, compared with 60% of...
Feature
Highly processed foods ‘as addictive’ as tobacco
New research suggests that health care professionals are taking steps toward framing food addiction as a clinical entity in its own right.
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Fentanyl vaccine a potential ‘game changer’ for opioid crisis
In studies in male and female mice, the vaccine generated significant and long-lasting levels of anti-fentanyl antibodies that were highly...
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Is opioid abuse leading to pediatric head trauma?
Children and teens in rural Appalachia who live with parents who abuse opioids are more likely to experience family conflict, mental health...
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Numbers of adolescents who vape within 5 minutes of waking jumps
Researchers point to a more addictive kind of nicotine in modern e-cigarettes and advise clinicians to ask patients about all nicotine and tobacco...
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Nicotine blocks estrogen production in women’s brains
There is evidence to suggest that there is a complex interaction between sex and steroid hormones and the reward effect of nicotine, modulated by...
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What’s the best age to stop smoking? Study offers clue
“Without a proximal goal, it is tempting for smokers to abandon a quit attempt with cognitions such as ‘I don’t really need to do it just now...
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Four commonly abused drugs linked with atrial fibrillation
All four drugs – cocaine, methamphetamine, opioids, and cannabis – whether stimulants or depressants – cause “quite dramatic and often rapid...
Opinion
The lives of drug users are more important than stopping drug use
For too long, doctors, nurses, caregivers, and the broader American public have favored abstinence only treatment.
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‘Disturbing’ lack of follow-up care after psychiatric crises
Patients who had received both primary care and mental health care before an acute event had the highest odds of receiving follow-up.