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7-Sep-2012 12:00 PM EDT
Researchers Show Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Testing in Drug Abuse Treatment Programs
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Less than half of community-based substance abuse treatment programs in the United States currently make HIV testing available on-site or through referral. A new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College shows the cost-effectiveness of integrating on-site rapid HIV testing into drug treatment programs.

30-Aug-2012 11:05 AM EDT
Heavy Drinking Rewires Brain, Increasing Susceptibility to Anxiety Problems
University of North Carolina Health Care System

After chronic alcohol exposure, mice are unable to control a learned fear response, shedding light on the link between alcoholism and anxiety problems like post-traumatic stress disorder.

Released: 31-Aug-2012 9:00 AM EDT
Children's Books Author Palmore Tackles Addiction, Divorce
Middle Tennessee State University

Elaine Mitchell Palmore, the director of MTSU's Child Development Center, is writing children's literature for the needs of today's children. She tries to help children understand about divorce and families dealing with substance abuse or any life-controlling issue. Illustrated by Norris Hall.

Released: 30-Aug-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Incentives Help in Treating Addictions During Pregnancy, Reports Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

A "contingency management" approach—offering incentives for negative drug tests—can help promote drug abstinence among pregnant women with heroin or cocaine addiction, reports a study in the September Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

22-Aug-2012 1:00 PM EDT
Imaging Study Sheds New Light on Alcohol-Related Birth Defects
University of North Carolina Health Care System

The new imaging study in a mouse model for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders could enhance the diagnoses of birth defects caused by alcohol exposure in the womb and it illustrates how the precise timing of that exposure could determine specific kinds of defects.

14-Aug-2012 9:00 AM EDT
Scientists Can Now Block Heroin, Morphine Addiction
University of Adelaide

In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief.

Released: 14-Aug-2012 4:40 PM EDT
Rural Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Significantly More Likely Than Urban Counterparts to Be Referred by Criminal Justice System
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA)

New report shows significant differences in demographics and abuse patterns of substance abuse treatment admissions in rural versus urban communities.

Released: 2-Aug-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Kicking the Habit: Sex Differences in Smoking Cessation
Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR)

A recent study challenged an enduring belief that women were less successful than men in quitting smoking. The study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, found convincing evidence that across all of the age groups, “there [is] relatively little difference in cessation between the sexes.”

Released: 1-Aug-2012 1:45 PM EDT
New FDA Program Adds to Tools to Curb Opiod Abuse in United States
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new risk management plan from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help clinicians properly prescribe drugs with addiction potential aims to help reduce the growing epidemic of opioid abuse in the United States. With deaths associated with these drugs, often sold illegally, now reaching toward 14,000 each year – including the fatal shootings of two Philadelphia teenagers last week in a house where police found large quantities of Percocet and morphine, prescription drug pads, and more than $100,000 in cash -- the authors of a Viewpoint piece in the new issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association say the new plan represents a promising opportunity to cut the amount of addictive prescription drugs in circulation for sale and abuse.

Released: 1-Aug-2012 10:40 AM EDT
Childhood Defiance Correlated with Drug Dependence
Universite de Montreal

Children who exhibit oppositional behavior run the risk of becoming addicted to nicotine, cannabis and cocaine whilst Inattention symptoms represent a specific additional risk of nicotine addiction. Nevertheless, hyperactivity in itself does not seem to be associated with any specific risk of substance abuse or dependence.

Released: 26-Jul-2012 11:00 AM EDT
Are Cigarettes Burning a Hole in Your Pocket? Tips to Quit
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Physician Talks about Quitting Smoking to Improve Your Health and Finances

Released: 3-Jul-2012 10:00 AM EDT
SAMHSA Releases New Reports on Drug Use
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today released two reports regarding substance abuse. The first indicates that youths between the ages of 12 and 17 are far more likely to start using most substances during the summer than during other parts of the year. The second report of data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) system shows that the rate of increase in drug-related emergency department (ED) visits slowed from an average annual rate of 18.2 percent in the years between 2005 and 2008, to an average annual rate of 6.1 percent in the years 2009 and 2010.

25-Jun-2012 1:35 PM EDT
New Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed and successfully tested in mice an innovative vaccine to treat nicotine addiction. In the journal Science Translational Medicine, the scientists describe how a single dose of their novel vaccine protects mice, over their lifetime, against nicotine addiction. The vaccine is designed to use the animal's liver as a factory to continuously produce antibodies that gobble up nicotine the moment it enters the bloodstream, preventing the chemical from reaching the brain and even the heart.

Released: 26-Jun-2012 5:10 PM EDT
American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation Lauds CASA Columbia Report
The Addiction Medicine Foundation (TAMF)

The American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation (ABAM Foundation) today lauded the significant findings and recommendations in the landmark report just published by CASA Columbia, Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice.

Released: 22-Jun-2012 10:45 AM EDT
New Research Links Alcohol Abuse and Bariatric Surgery
Loyola Medicine

Addiction to food may be replaced by an addiction to alcohol according to JAMA research and a Loyola bariatric surgeon shares why this is important.

Released: 11-Jun-2012 11:50 AM EDT
Painkiller Abuse Linked to Depression, Suicide in College Students
Western Illinois University

Western Illinois University Department of Health Sciences Assistant Professor Amanda Divin and her colleague, Keith Zullig, an associate professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, recently conducted and published a study that explores non-medical prescription drug use and depressive symptoms in college students.

Released: 6-Jun-2012 12:35 PM EDT
To Quit Smoking, Try Eating More Veggies and Fruits
University at Buffalo

A University at Buffalo study finds that smokers who consume plenty of fruits and vegetables are three times more likely to quit.

Released: 30-May-2012 11:00 AM EDT
Genes Predict if Medication Can Help You Quit Smoking
Washington University in St. Louis

A new study shows the same gene variations that make it difficult to stop smoking also increase the likelihood that heavy smokers will respond to nicotine-replacement therapy and drugs that thwart cravings. The finding suggests it may one day be possible to predict which patients are most likely to benefit from drug treatments for nicotine addiction.

Released: 18-May-2012 10:45 AM EDT
Doctors Need Training to Help Smokers Quit
Health Behavior News Service

Health care professionals do a better job helping people quit smoking when they are trained in smoking cessation techniques, a new Cochrane Library review finds.



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