Addiction

Fears of a youth vaping epidemic may be overblown, finds NYU analysis While youth vaping rates have increased in recent years, most middle and high school students don't vape or smoke and very few vape or smoke daily, finds a study led by…

Credit: School of Biological Sciences / UCI Irvine, CA - January 24, 2020 - Individuals with a history of early life adversity (ELA) are disproportionately prone to opioid addiction. A new UCI-led study reveals why.…

Neural network modulating pain transmission affected; when researchers normalized function, rats' opioid consumption declined, pointing to possible therapeutic targets for humans Approximately one-quarter of patients who are prescribed…

Fentanyl use by people who use drugs has doubled since 2015, and two-thirds of people are aware they've taken it, finds new research out of British Columbia, the Canadian province that has experienced the highest number of illicit drug…

The impact of the tobacco display ban on young people's attitudes to smoking has been analysed by University of Stirling experts. The five-year public health study also looked at the effect of the ban on young people's exposure to…

A new study published on 24 January 2020 in the journal Toxics provides important insight into the recent lung intoxication epidemic referred to as "e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury" (EVALI). The study presents,…

Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry LONDON, ON - A new study from ICES, Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University suggests that injection drug users prescribed controlled-release hydromorphone are three…

Houston Methodist study focuses on pre- and post-surgical pain management Surgeons at Houston Methodist Hospital are stemming the tide of addiction to prescription opioids by managing patients' pain after surgery. By using long-acting…

A new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons found that non-medical cannabis use--including frequent or problematic use--is significantly more common in adults with pain than in those…

Boston - Results of a new study show that a large number of physicians in the US may have received marketing payments from pharmaceutical companies that produce stimulant medications. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center's (BMC)…