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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
National Academy of Medicine Releases New Special Publication Guide
September 21, 2017
Halting the opioid epidemic requires aggressive action across multiple dimensions, including informed, active, and determined front-line leadership from health clinicians working in every setting throughout the nation...
Riziko hypertenze a dalších chronických onemocnění: srovnání bezdýmného tabáku s kouřením
Východiska: V minulosti studie porovnávaly uživatele bezdýmného tabáku a netabákových uživatelů z hlediska rizika různých chronických onemocnění. Rozdíly v riziku chronických onemocnění mezi uživatelem bezdýmného tabáku a kuřáky nebyly...
Editorial: Evidence-Based Public Health: Why, What and How
INTRODUCTION
In 2009, Brownson et al. (1) noted the growing consensus that evidence-based public health (EBPH) decision-making is influenced by three factors—namely, (1) best available evidence, (2) resources, and (3) population needs...
Syndemic Risk Classes and Substance Use Problems among Adults in High-Risk Urban Areas
Substance use problems tend to co-occur with risk factors that are especially prevalent in urban communities with high rates of poverty. The present study draws on Syndemics Theory to understand profiles of risk and resilience and their...
Metamfetamin zvyšuje riziko mrtvice, zjistila studie
Užívání metamfetaminu nebo toho, co je běžně známé jako "rychlost", "led" nebo "meth", koreluje se zvýšeným rizikem mrtvice u mladých lidí, podle nového výzkumu zveřejněného v časopise Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Bylo...
The Brain of Binge Drinkers at Rest
Background: Previous studies have reported anomalous resting brain activity in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of alcoholics, often reflected as increased power in the beta and theta frequency bands. The effects of binge drinking, the most...
Cartilha de Direitos Humanos e Juventude
Na última sexta-feira, lançamos o novo volume da nossa série de Cartilhas de Direitos Humanos, no UNISAL - Lorena. Tive a alegria de organizar a referida Cartilha com a Dra. Maria Aparecida Alkimim. Uma realização do Movimento Lorena pela...
The 2014-2015 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
Especially due to its large sample size and incorporation into the CPS survey, the TUS provides a unique opportunity for tracking long-term trends in tobacco use, cessation attempts, and tobacco-related policies; evaluation of tobacco...
A Dermatologist's Ammunition in the War Against Smoking: A Photoaging App
ABSTRACT
This viewpoint reviews the perspectives for dermatology as a specialty to go beyond the substantial impact of smoking on skin disease and leverage the impact of skin changes on a person's self-concept and behavior in the design of...
Opioidní krize rychlá fakta
Opioid je zneužívání léků proti bolesti na předpis, které formulují replikaci opia.
Type and Context of Alcohol-Related Injury among Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments in a Caribbean Country
Abstract
There is an association between alcohol consumption and injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean. This cross-sectional study explores the socio-contextual factors of alcohol-related injuries in Trinidad and Tobago. Data on...
Smoking Cessation and Survival in Lung, Upper Aero-Digestive Tract and Bladder Cancer
ABSTRACT
Background: The aim was to examine the association between smoking cessation and prognosis in smoking-related cancer as it is unclear that cessation reduces mortality.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study from 1999 to 2013...
Socioekologický přístup k řešení zdravotních rozdílů souvisejících s tabákem
Užívání tabáku zůstává hlavní příčinou předčasných úmrtí, kterým lze předcházet, včetně úmrtí na rakovinu, a pokrok ve snižování užívání tabáku a souvisejících nemocí a úmrtí nebyl rovnoměrně rozložen mezi skupiny populace. Tato monografie...
Synthetic Cathinone and Cannabinoid Designer Drugs Pose a Major Risk for Public Health
As part of an increasing worldwide use of designer drugs, recent use of compounds containing cathinones and synthetic cannabinoids is especially prevalent. Here, we reviewed current literature on the prevalence, epidemiology, bio-behavioral...
How States Are Tackling the Opioid Crisis
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
We used data from the 2015 National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors Web-based questionnaire and other sources to demonstrate the range and scope of state initiatives being used to deal with the...
Drug Matrix Cell A1: Interventions - Ways to Reduce the Harm
Initiates a fortnightly course on the evidence base for harm reduction and treatment in relation to illegal drugs. Comprehensively updated, the cell explores key research on interventions to reduce the harms to the user as a result of their...
Avoidable Emergency Department Visits: A Starting Point
Abstract
Objective
To better characterize and understand the nature of a very conservative definition of ‘avoidable’ emergency department (ED) visits in the United States to provide policy-makers insight into what interventions can target...
Environmental Stressors, Socioeconomic Factors, and Alcohol-Related Problems among Argentinian College Students
Abstract:
Introduction: The relationship between alcohol consumption, individual characteristics, and alcohol-related problems may vary according to environmental characteristics in certain populations.
Objective: To explore the existence...
Úmrtí na předávkování související s fentanylem a jeho analogy
Shrnutí
Co je již o tomto tématu známo?
Nelegálně vyráběný fentanyl se stal významným přispěvatelem k neúmyslným úmrtím na předávkování ve Spojených státech.
Co tato zpráva přidává?
Přibližně 90 % neúmyslných úmrtí na předávkování...
Trends in Deaths Involving Heroin and Synthetic Opioids Excluding Methadone, and Law Enforcement Drug Product Reports
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been increasing since 1999, initially driven by prescription opioid misuse and more recently by heroin and other illicit opioid use.
What is...