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Opioid use in the elderly a dementia risk factor?
Exposure to these drugs may be another modifiable risk factor for dementia.
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Substance use the main cause of physician license actions
“What appears to account for the difference is physician distress, and in the case of drug abuse, plentiful access.”
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Safe supply programs aim to reduce drug overdose deaths
Enrolled participants can access medications, including opioids, as a substitute for the unregulated substances that they consume.
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Video game obsession: Definitions and best treatments remain elusive
But psychiatrists are gaining more insight into the condition also known as Internet gaming disorder.
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Innovative med school curriculum could help curb the opioid epidemic
A lack of understanding about addiction has contributed to the “huge problem” experts now face in treating addictions.
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Multiple mental health woes? Blame it on genetics
The results could lead to the development of treatments that address multiple psychiatric disorders at once.
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Exploding e-cigarettes cause traumatic injuries in teens
Nationwide, there were 195 reported explosions and fires involving e-cigarettes in all ages between 2009 and 2016, according to a FEMA report.
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Cannabis vaping continues its rise in teens
Use of cannabis without vaping declined, but use of other substances also increased among adolescents who vaped cannabis.
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Up in smoke: Cannabis-related ED visits increased 18-fold for older Californians
Researchers advise doctors to screen older adults for cannabis use.
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Race difference seen in prenatal pot screens
Many states require health care facilities to notify child protective services or law enforcement of a positive drug screening, but the...
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Multistate opioid crackdown nets indictment against seven physicians
“Today’s takedown targets medical providers across the country whose greed drove them to abandon this responsibility in favor of criminal profits...