Laporan mengaitkan penggunaan ganja dengan keadaan darurat kardiovaskular. Studi yang menghubungkan penggunaan ganja dengan kematian kardiovaskular langka. Kemajuan terbaru menuju legalisasi penggunaan ganja menekankan...
Excessive or risky alcohol use is a preventable cause of significant morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and worldwide. Alcohol use is a common preventable cancer risk factor among young adults; it is associated with increased risk of...
Background: Cannabis is increasingly available for the treatment of chronic pain, yet its efficacy remains uncertain.
Purpose: To review the benefits of plant-based cannabis preparations for treating chronic pain in adults and...
Almost two thirds of men in the UK Armed Forces are considered to drink harmful amounts of alcohol.
This is compared with around one third of the average population.
According to a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Army...
During adolescence, the brain is still maturing. This includes not only biological, but also psychosocial behavioural development.
So, what are the effects of heavy drinking on the adolescent brain?
This question is the focus of a...
Objective: To develop a complex intervention for community pharmacy staff to promote uptake of smoking cessation services and to increase quit rates.
Design: Following the Medical Research Council framework, we used a mixed...
New psychoactive substances (NPS), sometimes referred to as ‘legal highs’, are new drugs that have received much media attention of late.
A new study published in Public Health Research reviewed existing research into NPS with the view to...
A new study published in The International Journal of Drug Policy investigates differences in drinking patterns between Russian adolescents who favour vocational training and those who do not.
Results suggest that the former educational...
We tested the effect of initiating marijuana and alcohol use at varying frequencies on academic indices.
In a sample of 26,475 grade 9-12 students with at least 2 years of linked longitudinal data from year 1...
‘Second-hand harm’ from alcohol use can include accidents and/or violence, interrupted sleep, destruction of property, relationship and/or financial problems.
While previous research has found that as much as 70% of undergraduate students...
A new study that provides details of drinking habits and influential factors among Australian teenagers appears in the latest edition of the academic journal BMC Public Health.
The investigation’s findings notably include:
Acute and chronic alcohol exposure significantly affect behavior but the underlying neurobiological mechanisms are still poorly understood. Here, we used functional connectivity density (FCD) mapping to study alcohol-related...
Objective: To estimate annual infant morbidity and mortality attributable to prenatal smoking in Chile during 2008−2012.
Methods: Population-attributable fractions (PAFs) for several infant outcomes were calculated based on...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent of short-term memory impairment and schizophrenia-like symptoms in heavy and systematic cannabis users and the association between the severity of...
Objective: To describe the adult population perception of cigarette advertising at point of sale, according to their tobacco use status and socio-demographic characteristics such as sex, age, race/color, region, household location...
Previous reports have shown that physicians who smoke underestimate the effects of smoking on health and this influences their practice. This study was designed to investigate the views of Estonian physicians on the...
The abuse of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) has been increasing dramatically worldwide since late 2000s. By the end of 2015, more than 560 NPS had been reported to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Although...
Latar Belakang: Penggunaan tembakau di kalangan wanita lebih umum di Nepal dibandingkan dengan negara-negara Asia Tenggara lainnya. Efek penggunaannya terlihat tidak hanya pada wanita hamil, tetapi juga kesehatan janin yang sedang tumbuh...
E-cigarettes are less addictive than traditional cigarettes, according to a new study published in the journal Preventative Medicine.
That said, around 75% of e-cigarette smokers still consider themselves to be dependent on their use.
Mor...
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