Opioid use and misuse 3 months after ED visit for acute pain
Opioid use at the three-month follow-up in emergency department patients discharged with an opioid prescription for acute pain is relatively
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Many recovering from addiction have chronic health problems, diminished quality of life: More than a third of those in recovery have health problems related to previous substance use
Alcohol and other substance-use problems take enormous psychological and societal tolls on millions of Americans. Now a study from the
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New mothers reduce their alcohol intake, but this change is short-lived: Research tracked the drinking habits of more than 4,000 people in their teens, twenties and thirties
Most women dramatically reduce their alcohol intake on learning they are pregnant, but by the time their child is five
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New target of alcohol in the brain
When alcohol enters the brain, it causes neurons in a specialized region called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA —
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Binge drinking affects male and female brains differently
Gene expression in an area of the brain linked to addiction is affected differently by repeated binge drinking in males
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Scientists take big step toward finding non-addictive painkiller
With the support of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine have been working
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