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A recent study carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health examined the use of mobile health technology in the United States’ health care system.
Published in the Journal of...
In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
The study has, to date...
La ricerca condotta in Nord America ha evidenziato differenze nelle abitudini di fumo giovanile per gli individui che si identificano come eterosessuali e quelli che si identificano come lesbiche, gay o bisessuali (LGB).
Lo studio si...
Older adults are often overlooked or even illegally excluded from treatment and support. A recent report found that 75% of residential rehabilitation centres had arbitrary upper age limits and had limited or no disabled access, and follows...
El tabaquismo es una enfermedad crónica que afecta a una quinta parte de nuestra población. No obstante, la mayoría de los fumadores no busca tratamiento de su enfermedad ni la considera tal. Algunos pacientes logran controlar...
From France the first study to randomly allocate patients to start methadone maintenance either in primary care or at a specialist centre found primary care more attractive to patients and no less safe or effective at reducing street-opioid...
This document is a useful resource for physicians that manage care services of patients with drug use disorders and its related consequences. It is intended to support quality improvement activities conducted by health care provider systems...
Il cancro è un problema di salute significativo in Medio Oriente e nella popolazione globale. E' ben noto che esiste un legame diretto tra il fumo di tabacco e il cancro, che continuerà a rappresentare una minaccia significativa per la...
Lo scopo di questa guida è quello di dare alle persone un'idea di cosa aspettarsi quando hanno terminato il loro processo di disintossicazione. Vengono offerte idee per aiutare le persone a stare lontano da alcol e altre droghe. Vengono...
Obiettivo: Capire quale numero e proporzione di casi di demenza nelle Barbados sono attribuibili a fattori di stile di vita modificabili e quale effetto avrebbe una riduzione di questi fattori di rischio sulla futura prevalenza...
Background: The fact that Cannabis use can lead to psychotic symptoms has been recognized years ago. Moreover, when the patient is using cannabis, the distinction between a primary psychotic disorder and a cannabis-induced...
Sfondo: Studi precedenti hanno dimostrato che la stimolazione magnetica transcranica ripetitiva (rTMS) alla corteccia prefrontale dorsolaterale può servire come potenziale trattamento per il disturbo da uso di cocaina (CUD), che rimane un...
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This editorial examines whether training and education in the addictions field has considerably made a difference in workforce development. It concludes that transformational change has not occurred because beyond training and education, a...
Background: Annually, 600 000 deaths are attributed to exposure of non-smokers to secondhand smoke (SHS). These include 165 000 among children, about 60% of which occur in Africa and Southeast Asia. As of 2017, only seven...
In 1960s Britain a chasm of opposing agendas and social distance opened up between doctors treating drug addiction and their patients. This cell of the Drug Treatment Matrix examines how bridging such chasms makes treatment more effective...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Keep Maintaining Opiate-Dependent Prisoners
From the USA, a rare randomised trial found in favour of continuing methadone maintenance when patients entered prison rather than compulsory withdrawal. The...
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...
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