Addiction Medicine
Conference Coverage
Siblings of patients with bipolar disorder at increased risk
“Strategies to prevent onset of psychiatric illness in individuals with a first-generation family history ... should be lifelong,” said Dr. Lars...
Conference Coverage
Cirrhosis, Child-Pugh score predict ERCP complications
Complications from endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography were significantly more common in patients with cirrhosis than in those without...
Commentary
How mental health care would look under a Trump vs. Biden administration
Three critical issues are key to understanding which candidate would best lead the mental health recovery, said Dr. Nina Vasan, Victor C. Agbafe,...
Conference Coverage
National lung cancer screening guidelines may miss younger African American individuals at high risk
Retrospective analysis finds many lung cancer patients would not have counted as eligible for low-dose CT under guidelines that are being...
Original Research
Retrospective Review on the Safety and Efficacy of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Compared With Warfarin in Patients With Cirrhosis
A retrospective chart review of adult patients with cirrhosis taking either DOACs or warfarin found no statistically significant differences in...
Commentary
The Other Pandemic: Addiction
The acute stress and social isolation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the challenges already faced by those who struggle with...
News
Substance use tied to increased COVID-19 risk
Those with a recent diagnosis of SUD were eight times more likely to develop COVID-19, compared with those without such a diagnosis.
News
Children’s opioid harms vary by race, location
Analysis of North Carolina Medicaid data separates opioid-related poisoning or withdrawal from abuse or dependence.
News
Use of e-cigarettes may be linked to sleep deprivation
Nicotine could affect “sleep architecture and disturb the neurotransmitters that regulate sleep cycle.”
News
‘Overwhelming evidence’ FDA’s opioid approval process is shoddy
The majority of approvals of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain during 1997-2018 were based on pivotal trials that lacked critical safety...