News tagged with drug abuse
Lecture or listen: When patients waver on meds
Take your medicine, Doctor's orders. It's a simple idea that may seem especially obvious when the pills are the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that add decades to the lives of HIV-positive patients. But despite the reality that ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Report: Mental illness struck 1 in 5 US adults in 2010
One in five adults in the U.S. had a mental illness in 2010, with people ages 18 to 25 having the highest rates, according to a national survey.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 20, 2012 |
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More than other drugs, injected meth is associated with an increased risk of attempted suicide
The dire physical and mental health effects of injecting methamphetamine are well known, but there's been little research about suicidal behavior and injecting meth. In a recent study, researchers at Columbia University's ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Commentary calls for awareness of Internet pharmacies' role in prescription drug abuse
Efforts to halt the growing abuse of prescription drugs must include addressing the availability of these drugs on the Internet and increasing physician awareness of the dangers posed by Internet pharmacies. In a commentary ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 19, 2011 |
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China expects 48,000 new HIV cases this year
(AP) -- China will have about 780,000 people infected with the AIDS virus by the end of this year, state media reported Wednesday, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Illegal drug use is associated with abnormal weight in teens
A survey of more than 33,000 Italian high school students reveals that both underweight and overweight teens consume 20 to 40% more illegal drugs than their normal-weight peers.
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Helping others helps teens stay on the road to addiction recovery
A new study of teens undergoing substance abuse treatment finds helping others helps the adolescent helper by reducing cravings for alcohol and drugs, a major precipitator of relapse. These novel findings stem from the "Helping ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Suboxone is most effective in treating painkiller addiction
Individuals addicted to prescription painkillers are more likely to succeed in treatment with the aid of the medication buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone), report McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers in today's ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Women in prison: An issue of blaming the individual for social problems
Los Angeles, CA (October 11, 2011) Researchers have long claimed that physical abuse and marginalization lead to criminal activity; however, women in prison are taught to overlook socioeconomic issues and blame only themselves ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Jonesing for java: Could caffeine use predict risk for cocaine abuse?
Parents of young caffeine consumers take heed: that high-calorie energy drink or soda might present more than just obesity risk. In fact, according to a double-blind, placebo-controlled study that examined responses to stimulants, ...
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Study dispels myths about medication borrowing in urban populations
Despite warnings about borrowing medication prescribed to other people, past studies have demonstrated that many Americans say they have used someone else's medication at least once in a given year. In low income, urban populations, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Research examines dentists' role in painkiller abuse
The Obama administration turned a bright spotlight on prescription painkiller abuse in April when the Office of National Drug Control Policy released a national action plan and a statement from Vice President Joe Biden. With ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Abnormal brain structure linked to chronic cocaine abuse
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified abnormal brain structures in the frontal lobe of cocaine users' brains which are linked to their compulsive cocaine-using behaviour. Their findings were published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 21, 2011 |
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High rates of injection drug use in urban Aboriginal youth signal need for prevention programs
A new study indicates high rates of injection drug use in urban Canadian Aboriginal youth, particularly in women, and points to the need for culturally specific prevention programs, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Steady relationships reduce amphetamine's rewarding effects
Long-term relationships make the commonly abused drug amphetamine less appealing, according to a new animal study in the June 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that social bonds formed during adulth ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 01, 2011 |
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