Study finds factors linked to substance use disorder relapse among health care professionals
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...or health-care professionals treated for substance use disorders if they have coexisting psychiatric illn... University of Washington School of Medicine, said use of major opioid drugs combined with a history of previous relapse increased the likelihood of anothe...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
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... well infants can see a stimulus, and is in common use in the laboratory and the clinic. Angela Brown, lead researcher of the study, says the data suggest that vernier acuity of human infants and adults is quite similar, contrary to past studies conducted in this area. The similarity of infant and adult ...New self-help technology set to combat eating disorders
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...n Network, a program dedicated to reducing tobacco use through evidence-based smoking cessation treatment...assurance plans that mandate practices for tobacco use screening, training and intervention; and Evaluates the impact of all interventions. Through part...Aloe vera: Natural, home remedy treats canker and cold sores
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... from another recent study that excessive alcohol use by college-aged individuals in the U.S. is a significant source of harm," said Ting-Kai Li, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "The magnitude of problems ...Obtaining patient consent for clinical audit is unworkable without extra resources
...8 Data Protection Act strengthened controls on the use of personal data, but the Health and Social Care Act 2001 allows patient identifiable information to be made available in certain circumstances, including medical audit and research. Researchers studied the feasibility of obtaining signed consent for...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...f course, there is a long way to go before one can use these molecules in the human body, but so far, in vitro studies look promising, not only from a therapeutic point of view, but also from a diagnostics one." Alzheimer's is a chronic, incurable form of dementia that primarily strikes the elderly and...Patient with drug-resistant form of HIV identified
...sis on the epidemic that is being propelled by the use of metamfetamine. However, in doing so, care should be taken to avoid punitive measures against the populations most vulnerable to HIV-1." In an accompanying editorial The Lancet comments: "This case serves as a reminder that HIV remains a frightenin...Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
...ated with syringe sharing, whereas younger age and use of safer injection facility reduced the incidence ...had opened. Dr Kerr concludes: "We have shown that use of a medically supervised safer injection facility was independently associated with reduced syringe...