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Effects of Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins on Lung Functions According to Gender and Smoking Status in Korea
Abstract
Objective: Cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Dietary antioxidants are thought to prevent smoke-induced oxidative damage. The aim...
Rise in Glutamate Levels Can Be Used to Predict Drug High
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) explores the action of psychostimulant drugs on glutamate, one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the human body.
Drugs with a stimulant effect are commonly prescribed...
Association between Receptivity to Tobacco Advertising and Progression to Tobacco Use in Youth and Young Adults
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...
State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Treatments and Barriers to Accessing Treatments
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Medicaid enrollees smoke cigarettes at a higher rate than do privately insured U.S. residents (25.3% versus 11.8%). Comprehensive state Medicaid cessation coverage has the potential to...
Cribado de riesgos derivados del consumo de drogas utilizando la herramienta ASSIST (Alcohol, smoking and substances involvement screening test) en pacientes de atención primaria
Resumen
Objetivo: El objetivo es estimar la prevalencia de consumos de riesgo de drogas y patrones de consumo en atención primaria.
Diseño: Estudio multicéntrico descriptivo transversal.
Emplazamiento: Cinco centros de salud del...
Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the Health and Human Services US Government Department (HSS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have collaborated to create a manual on...
New Resource Centre from SAMHSA
SAMHSA has launched the new Evidence Based Resource Center which will allow practitioners to find tools, manuals, clinical practice guidelines and science based-resources.
Available directly through the SAMHSA website, the digital...
Impact of Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use on the Burden of Disease and Injury in Australia
This report quantifies the health impact that alcohol and illicit drug use place on Australia, including as risk factors for other diseases and injuries. It estimates that alcohol and illicit drugs were collectively responsible for 6.7% of...
Methamphetamine-Type Stimulant Use in Lao PDR
Abstract
Background
Methamphetamine is one of the most widely used illicit drugs in several Southeast Asian countries, including the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). The purpose of this study was to examine the socio-cultural...
Vulnerability for Alcohol Use Disorder and Rate of Alcohol Consumption
Development of the International Alcohol Policy and Injury Index
ABSTRACT
Objective: To develop a new index to measure the effectiveness of alcohol control policies on selected indicators of alcohol-related injuries.
Methods: We used the World Health Organization Global Information System on...
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Alcohol and Other Substance Use among a Sample of Young People in the Solomon Islands
Abstract
Objective: Investigate alcohol and other substance use, with a focus on harmful alcohol use patterns, among young people in the Solomon Islands.
Methods: A structured, interviewer‐administered questionnaire was administered...
ЕО-ның есірткі тұтынуы сарқынды суларды талдау арқылы анықталды
Есiрткi және нашақорлыққа қарсы күрес жөнiндегi Еуропалық мониторинг орталығы (EMCDDA) сарқынды суларды талдау жөнiндегi iрi зерттеудiң нәтижелерiн шығарды. ЕО жобасы еуропаның 60-қа жуық қаласы мен елді мекендерінің сарқынды суларына...
Implementing a Mobile Health System to Integrate the Treatment of Addiction into Primary Care
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...
Екінші және үшінші қол марихуана түтінінің әсер етуінің денсаулыққа тигізетін әсері: Жүйелі шолу
Реферат
Аясы: Рекреациялық марихуана 11 юрисдикцияда заңдастырылған; Канада 2018 жылдың шілдесіне дейін марихуананы заңдастырады. Осы өзгермелі ландшафт кезінде пациенттерге қызмет көрсетушімен әңгімелесуді, зиянды азайту шараларын және...
Марихуананың бір минуты Түтін әсері қан тамырларының эндотелий функциясын айтарлықтай бұзады
Реферат
Аясы: Темекі екінші рет түтіннің (SHS) зиянды екенін халықтың хабардар болғанына қарамастан, көптеген адамдар әлі күнге дейін марихуана ШЖМ қатерсіз деп санайды. Марихуананы заңдастырып, каннабис өнеркәсібінің өсуіне қарай...
¿Quiénes fuman en un hospital general? Comentario clínico
RESUMEN
Justificación y objetivo: El consumo de tabaco es un problema de salud pública. En los hospitales existe un grupo de trabajadores que fuman, debe investigarse quiénes son fumadores activos.
Método: Se realizó una encuesta con...
Annual Total Binge Drinks Consumed by U.S. Adults, 2015
Introduction
Binge drinking (four or more drinks for women, five or more drinks for men on an occasion) accounts for more than half of the 88,000 U.S. deaths resulting from excessive drinking annually. Adult binge drinkers do so...
New Dataset Made Available from Study of Adolescent Brain Development
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...
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