Can Chronic Pain Increase When A Partner is Depressed?
It is no secret that chronic pain can lead to depression, but a recent study has identified a link between an increase in chronic pain and the depression suffered by an intimate partner. The investigators determined that people who have depressed partners have a higher …
Read More →Could Harm From Drinking be Lowered if Products Had a Lower Alcohol Content?
Researchers who performed a review have determined that the harm from drinking could be reduced if alcoholic products had a lower overall alcohol content. According to the World Health Organization one out of four deaths each year for individuals between 20 and 39 is alcohol …
Read More →What is Sufentanil? Can it Lead to Opioid Addiction?
Sufetanil, with a brand name of Sufenta, is one of the synthetic opioid drugs that are used for human medical purposes. Sufentanil is the strongest possible opioid pain medication that can be used for humans, anything stronger in the opioid class of drugs is only …
Read More →Combining Naloxone With Opioid Therapy Reduces Visits to Emergency Rooms
A new research study shows that combining naloxone with opioid therapy can lower the number of visits that a patient on this medication makes to the emergency room. The study involved close to 2,000 patients, and slightly more than 38% of these patients were co …
Read More →Legitimate Opioid Use Can Increase the Risk of Teen Drug Abuse
A recent research study has raised concerns about legitimate opioid use in teens after the study showed that teens who are prescribed drugs from this class have a higher risk of teen drug abuse in the future. University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Survey Research …
Read More →Risk of Teen and Adult Violence and Impulsivity Increases Significantly with Childhood Hunger
University of Texas at Dallas researchers have determined that individuals who experienced frequent childhood hunger had a risk of more than double to exhibit violent or impulsive behavior as a teen and adult. There has been a lot of research on childhood hunger in the …
Read More →Study Shows Improvement in Overall Health When Interactive Rehab Used
According to a recent Kaiser Permanente San Francisco outpatient addiction treatment clinic patients who have access to interactive rehab tend to experience an improvement in overall health. The study involved 503 people who were assigned to receive standard care or standard care plus the LINKAGE …
Read More →Adequate Sleep Can be Compromised by Video Gaming According to Latest Research
University of North Texas Health Science Center researchers have found that video gaming can interfere with adequate sleep in a recent study. The study looked at how often the participants engaged in video gaming, when they went to bed on gaming nights, and when they …
Read More →Concerns About ADHD Drug Adzenys Surface
A new ADHD medication called Adzenys that has been approved by the USFDA for use in children is a chewable tablet that has an extended release amphetamine, and it is flavored and designed to disintegrate with oral use. There are so many things wrong with …
Read More →New Study Suggests that Psychedelic Drugs Could Possibly be Used to Reduce Domestic Violence
A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with University of Alabama researchers, has determined that psychedelic drugs could possibly be used in order to reduce the rate of domestic violence but the study results are preliminary and further research …
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