Teenagers under the Influence: Alcohol, Drugs and Video Games
Researchers have carried out a study which assesses the relationship between playing video games and substance use amongst adolescents.
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Dying for an E-Cigarette?
The use of e-cigarettes has increased dramatically in recent years. New research suggests that besides acting as a gateway to tobacco smoking, ‘vaping’ can also potentially damage your health in other ways. A study undertaken at the Keck...
ابتدائی بچپن میں روک تھام کی مداخلت کے اثرات
یونیورسٹی آف بفیلو ریسرچ انسٹی ٹیوٹ آن ایڈکشنز کی جانب سے سامنے آنے والی نئی تحقیق ایسے شواہد کی جانب اشارہ کرتی ہے جن سے معلوم ہوتا ہے کہ نوجوانوں کی جانب سے منشیات اور الکحل کے استعمال کو روکنے کا ایک مؤثر طریقہ یہ ہے کہ بچپن میں منشیات...
Specialised Drug Education Programmes Are Growing in Popularity
Specialised programmes that look to educate and prepare a new professional workforce have increased in number
Combating Alcohol Misuse: Soldiers and the Fight against Addiction
New research published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology argues that telephone-based interventions seem an effective way of helping members of the military overcome alcohol addiction. The study demonstrates that such a...
Sexual Abuse, Drugs, Violence and the Generation of Tomorrow
Sexually abused children are almost five times more likely to use drugs intravenously during adulthood, a new study released by the American Public Health Association (APHA) has found. The report also suggests that those who witness...
The Lasting Health Effects of Alcohol Dependency
A new study conducted in the United States and subsequently published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggests that those who suffered from symptoms of alcohol dependence during their youth may still experience the mental and...
Substance Abuse and the Transition to Adulthood
Transitioning from childhood to adulthood can be a particularly difficult time for a lot of young people. A new study published in Emerging Adulthood investigates the way that adolescent substance users view this change in relation to their...
Parent-Child Relationships and Substance Use in Adolescence
Past research has often suggested parent-child connectedness and communication to be important for the prevention of substance, particularly alcohol, misuse among adolescents. A new study recently published in Drugs: Education, Prevention...
امریکہ میں تمباکو نوشی اور کینسر سے اموات کی شرح
تمباکو نوشی ایک طویل عرصے سے کینسر کی ایک اہم وجہ کے طور پر جانا جاتا ہے. جاما انٹرنل میڈیسن کی جانب سے شائع ہونے والے ایک نئے مضمون سے پتہ چلتا ہے کہ امریکہ میں تمباکو نوشی کی وجہ سے ہونے والی کینسر سے ہونے والی اموات کا تناسب ملک کے جنوب...
75% of Teens See E-Cigarettes as a Safer Alternative to Tobacco
Almost 3 out of 4 teenagers in the United States think that e-cigarettes are less harmful or addictive than smoking tobacco, a new study has found. The researchers also found that increases in the perceived safety of what has become known...
غنڈہ گردی اور منشیات کا غلط استعمال
نئی تحقیق نوجوانوں میں غنڈہ گردی اور مادہ کے استعمال کے درمیان پیچیدہ تعلقات کی تحقیقات کرتی ہے۔ جریدے ' نشے کے عادی طرز عمل' میں شائع ہونے والی اس تحقیق میں غنڈہ گردی میں ملوث متعدد عملوں کی نشاندہی کی گئی ہے جو نہ صرف جارحانہ رویے کے شکار...
Weaker Bones Linked to Cannabis Use
Research conducted at the University of Edinburgh has found a link between cannabis use and bone mass density. More specifically, the findings, recently published in the American Journal of Medicine, report that frequent cannabis users are...
تمباکو نوشی اور ڈپریشن: تعلقات کیا ہیں؟
تقریبا 20 فیصد امریکی بالغ افراد سگریٹ نوشی کرتے ہیں۔ معتدل ذہنی صحت کے مسئلے کی تشخیص کرنے والے افراد میں تمباکو نوشی کا امکان تقریبا دوگنا ہوتا ہے ، جبکہ شدید بیمار ہونے کی تشخیص کرنے والوں کے لئے خطرات تقریبا تین گنا زیادہ ہوتے ہیں۔...
Is There a Biological Link Between Anti-Depressants and the Effects of Alcohol on the Body?
The ‘self-medication hypothesis’ is commonly known to refer to a human behaviour which sees people with depression turn to alcohol as a way of coping. New research published in the journal Nature Communications has now discovered a...
Marijuana and Maternity: What Are the Effects?
Four US states currently allow r
ecreational marijuana use and twenty-four allow medical marijuana. However, little research has been carried out to uncover the drug’s effect on the development of human embryos if smoked or consumed in...
Opioid Abuse Linked to Heroin Use
New research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors has found the likelihood of 18- to 34-year-old nonmedical prescription opioid users having a prescription opioid use disorder has increased between 2002 – 2014. More specifically...
Identifying At-Risk Personalities
A new substance abuse prevention programme called Preventure uses personality tests to identify children most at risk of indulging in harmful drug-taking behaviour. The traits it has identified amongst at-risk children include: sensation...
Adolescence, Alcoholism and Interventions
Substance abuse entails a whole host of social, physical and mental health problems. A recent overview published in the Journal of Adolescent Health evaluates the effectiveness of interventions focused on smoking, alcohol or combined drug...
شراب کا استعمال اور دماغی نقصان
تقریبا 88,000 امریکی ہر سال شراب سے متعلق نقصانات کی وجہ سے ہلاک ہو جاتے ہیں. الکحل کے غلط استعمال کے جسمانی اثرات ، بشمول کچھ کینسر ، دل کی بیماری اور جگر کی بیماری ، مشہور ہیں۔ اس بات کے بھی بہت سے ثبوت موجود ہیں کہ شراب ادراک پر منفی اثر...