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Lessdrugs is an project supported by the EIT Health initiative. Bringing together Imperial College London, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing and the University of Copenhagen the pilot project implements microlearning to explore choices...

Sideal is a self-help app available in Spanish for people experiencing alcohol dependance. The app offers advice on reducing consumption and abstinence.

The app can be used to set and track goals that someone has set for themselves or...

Μια κρίση οπιοειδών εξαπλώνεται σε όλη την Αφρική. Αυτό το περιεκτικό άρθρο ανιχνεύει την κατανάλωση τραμαδόλης σε ολόκληρη την ήπειρο, εστιάζοντας στο σενάριο σε διάφορες αφρικανικές χώρες εκτός από την πολυπλοκότητα της απόφασης για το...

Aims: Due to the increasing evidence of shared vulnerabilities between addictive behaviors and excessive food intake, the concept of food addiction in specific clinical populations has become a topic of scientific interest. The aim of this...

A study published in the Journal of Community Health, Examining Differences in Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC) Levels and Hazardous Drinking by Smoking Status Among a Sample of College Student Bar Patrons, explores the relationship...

A webinar on opioid use disorder by Dr. Dennis McCarty is now available through the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre (ATTC) website. 

The hour long webinar took place in April 2018 and discusses treatment and prevention. The webinar...

Αν και η ευκαιριακή άμετρη κατανάλωση αλκοόλ αυξάνεται στις γυναίκες αναπαραγωγικής ηλικίας και κατά τη διάρκεια της εγκυμοσύνης, οι συνέπειες στους απογόνους, ιδίως η κληρονομικότητα των διαταραχών της διάθεσης που σχετίζονται με το αλκοόλ...

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Objective: To determine whether body mass index, body fat percentage, and waist circumference influence smoking status and intensity.

Design: Mendelian randomisation study.

Setting: UK Biobank, with replication of results...

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Objectives: Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with cardiovascular disease. This study aims to determine the association between SHS exposure estimated by questionnaire and hypertension in Korean never smokers.

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Objectives: This study aimed to develop and validate an online instrument to: (1) identify common alcohol-related social influences, norms and beliefs among adolescents; (2) clarify the process and pathways through which...

A study exploring the completion of outpatient substance use disorder treatment has highlighted racial and ethnic health disparities. 

The research team utilised a sample of 416,224 outpatient discharges in the study which found people...

National Prevention week led by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) will take place from 13-19th May 2018.

Each day focus will fall on a different topic - starting off with the theme of "Promotion of Mental...

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Policy interventions such as public health mass media campaigns disseminate messages in order to improve health-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors at the population level. Only more recently have campaigns that...

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Aerosol composition measurements made in an indoor classroom indicate the uptake of thirdhand smoke (THS) species to indoor particles, a novel exposure route for THS to humans indoors. Chemical speciation of the organic aerosol...

Η νομιμοποίηση της κάνναβης για ψυχαγωγική χρήση (που ονομάζεται επίσης «χρήση από ενήλικες») είναι μια πραγματικότητα σε έναν αυξανόμενο αριθμό πολιτειών των ΗΠΑ παρά τη συνεχιζόμενη ομοσπονδιακή απαγόρευση και την περιορισμένη...