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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Pharmacotherapy of Apnea by Cannabimimetic Enhancement, the PACE Clinical Trial: Effects of Dronabinol in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Abstract
Study Objectives
There remains an important and unmet need for fully effective and acceptable treatments in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). At present, there are no approved drug treatments. Dronabinol has shown promise for OSA...
Alcohol and Older People: A Systematic Review of Barriers, Facilitators and Context of Drinking in Older People and Implications for Intervention Design
Abstract
Background
Harmful alcohol consumption in older people has increased and effective approaches to understanding and addressing this societal concern are needed.
Methods
Systematic review of qualitative studies in older...
State-Specific Prevalence of Tobacco Product Use among Adults
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite recent declines in cigarette smoking prevalence, the tobacco product landscape has...
Family History of Alcoholism and the Human Brain Response to Oral Sucrose
Abstract
A heightened hedonic response to sweet tastes has been associated with increased alcohol preference and alcohol consumption in both humans and animals. The principal goal of this study was to examine blood oxygenation level...
Prenatal Methadone Exposure Is Associated with Altered Neonatal Brain Development
Abstract
Methadone is used for medication-assisted treatment of heroin addiction during pregnancy. The neurodevelopmental outcome of children with prenatal methadone exposure can be sub-optimal. We tested the hypothesis that brain...
Různé důvody pro užívání nových psychoaktivních látek
Abstraktní
Pozadí
Rostoucí počet právně nejednoznačných a nejistých nových psychoaktivních látek představuje výzvu pro tvůrce politik a veřejné zdraví. Vědecké a hlubší znalosti o motivacích pro používání nových psychoaktivních látek jsou...
“No Alcohol Is Recommended, but . . .”: Health Care Students’ Attitudes about Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy
Abstract
Canadian findings suggest that health care providers require further training and education to support their work preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). However, the knowledge and training of health care students in...
Health Care Students’ Attitudes about Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy
Abstract
This article explores medical, midwifery, and nurse practitioner students’ attitudes about women who may consume alcohol throughout their pregnancies. Twenty-one health care students responded to a scenario-based vignette...
Current Cigarette Smoking among US Adults
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
The U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that the burden of death and disease from tobacco use in the United States is overwhelmingly caused by cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products...
Unnecessary Emergency Medical Services Transport Associated with Alcohol Intoxication
Cognition and Impulsivity in Adults with ADHD with and without Cocaine and/or Crack Dependence
Background: Substance use disorder (SUD) is a common comorbidity in adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, there have been few studies on cognitive profiles of these patients. Impulsivity is also commonly...
Gender Differences in Substance Use and Psychiatric Distress among Medical Students
ABSTRACT
Background: Medical student wellness has emerged as an important issue in medical education. The purpose of the present study was to obtain a comprehensive assessment of substance use, psychological distress, and help-seeking...
Jak dosáhnout nulového počtu smrtelných nehod při řízení pod vlivem alkoholu: komplexní přístup k přetrvávajícímu problému
Řízení pod vlivem alkoholu zůstává nejsmrtelnějším a nejnákladnějším nebezpečím na amerických silnicích dnes. Každý den ve Spojených státech zemře 29 lidí při dopravní nehodě pod vlivem alkoholu - jedno úmrtí každých 49 minut. Po...
Effect of Exercise versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or no Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Fitness and Quality of Life in Adults with Previous Methamphetamine Dependency
Abstract
Background
Methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive psychostimulant used by approximately 52 million people worldwide. Chronic MA abuse leads to detrimental physiological and neurological changes, as well as increases in...
Contribution of Smoking to Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality
Abstract
Background: Smoking contributes to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, but the extent to which this contribution has changed over time and driven widening or narrowing inequalities in total mortality remains unknown. We...
Změněná parietální aktivace během porovnání nesymbolických čísel u dětí s prenatální expozicí alkoholu
Zpracování čísel je kognitivní doména obzvláště citlivá na prenatální expozici alkoholu, která se spoléhá na neporušené parietální fungování. Změny v aktivaci mozku související s alkoholem byly nalezeny v parietálním laloku během zpracování...
Reductions in Corpus Callosum Volume Partially Mediate Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on IQ
Disproportionate volume reductions in the basal ganglia, corpus callosum (CC) and hippocampus have been reported in children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). However, few studies have investigated these reductions in high prevalence...
Effects of Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Empathic Neural Responses for Pain
The questions whether and how empathy for pain can be modulated by acute alcohol intoxication in the non-dependent population remain unanswered. To address these questions, a double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject study design was...
Lékařská rada pro alkohol 2017-18 Legacy Essay Competition
Historie a nejnovější informace
Tato cena začala v roce 1985, kdy rodina Frowen ztratila svého syna Micheala kvůli zdravotním problémům souvisejícím s alkoholem. Od té doby jsme se spoléhali na laskavost druhých, abychom darovali peníze...
Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively...
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