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Νέα έρευνα που δημοσιεύθηκε στο The Lancet Public Health εξέτασε τη σχέση μεταξύ των επιπτώσεων στην υγεία που σχετίζονται με το αλκοόλ και της κοινωνικοοικονομικής κατάστασης.
Η μελέτη δείχνει ότι όσο λιγότερο εύπορο είναι ένα άτομο...
The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.
New research...
Preloading with alcohol, or ‘pre-drinking’, before a night out is becoming more and more common. New research carried out in a night-life district in Queensland, Australia, has looked to gauge the extent of ‘pre-drinking’. The study reports...
There is a strong link between receptivity to tobacco product advertisements and susceptibility to smoking cigarettes later in life, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics. Put simply, the study suggests that the more...
Background: Parental absence, due to death or separation from a parent, has been associated with smoking and alcohol consumption in adolescence and adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether parental absence in...
Τι είναι ήδη γνωστό για αυτό το θέμα;
Τα καπνιστά προϊόντα καπνού, όπως τα τσιγάρα και τα πούρα, είναι η πιο κοινή μορφή καπνού που καταναλώνεται παγκοσμίως και οι περισσότεροι καπνιστές αρχίζουν το κάπνισμα κατά την εφηβεία...
Αυτή η συστηματική ανασκόπηση περιελάμβανε τυχαιοποιημένες ελεγχόμενες κλινικές δοκιμές που συνέκριναν τη χορήγηση ενός α2-αδενεργικού αγωνιστή με άλλες παρεμβάσεις όπως το εικονικό φάρμακο ή η μεθαδόνη για τη μείωση των...
Background
Screening and brief interventions for alcohol are an effective public health measure to tackle alcohol-related harm, however relatively few countries across the European Union (EU) have implemented them widely. This may be due...
Νέα έρευνα που δημοσιεύθηκε στο Journal of Neural Transmission επισημαίνει μια σειρά από πιθανές ανεπιθύμητες παρενέργειες από τη χρήση του διεγερτικού φαρμάκου Ritalin χωρίς ιατρική συνταγή. Η ριταλίνη (μεθυλφαινιδάτη) χρησιμοποιείται...
The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix enters the domain of treatment organised not primarily for the patient, but to safeguard the wider community, encountering what seems a core contradiction depicted on the cover of WHO guidance...
Previous research has found strong associations between adolescents’ hazardous alcohol use and their perception of peer behavior, as well as own spending money and a range of antisocial behaviors. However, there is...
The recently published results from the European Social Survey provide us with an indication of who in Europe consumes the most alcohol.
Among the findings, notable are:
A free online training course from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now available.
The course addresses the CDC recommendations with respect to the prescription of opioids for chronic pain as well as their...
Among US neighbourhoods, poverty and disorganisation, that is high levels of crime, drug trafficking and graffiti etc., may increase the risk of problem drinking, more so than the presence of bars or stores that sell alcohol.
In other...
What is already known about this topic?
The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and...
Κάθε χρόνο από το 2006 έως το 2010, η υπερβολική κατανάλωση αλκοόλ ευθύνεται για περίπου 4.300 θανάτους μεταξύ ατόμων ηλικίας <21 ετών και, το 2010, η κατανάλωση αλκοόλ από ανήλικους...
To determine whether prescription opioid use is associated with higher dementia risk or greater cognitive decline.
Prospective cohort study.
Group Health, an integrated healthcare...
Μια πρόσφατα δημοσιευμένη Λευκή Βίβλος από το Κέντρο Μεταφοράς Τεχνολογίας Εθισμού Newtork (ATTC) ξεκινά με την παραδοχή ότι το εργατικό δυναμικό πρόληψης, θεραπείας και αποκατάστασης της διαταραχής χρήσης ουσιών (SUD) υφίσταται επί του...
A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...
Illegal marijuana use and reported cases of addiction have increased more rapidly in US states that passed laws to introduce medical marijuana compared to those that did not. This is according to new research to be published in the journal...
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