ADHD Medications Might Help Prevent Drug & Alcohol Overdose
A recent study found that ADHD medications was linked to lower rates of premature deaths from unnatural causes like accidental drug and alcohol overdoses. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Anuradha Varanasi, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
Shipping executive Angela Chao had nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol in her system when she drove a Tesla into a pond and drowned in Texas, a …
Shipping executive Angela Chao had nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol in her system when she drove a Tesla into a pond and drowned in Texas, a law-enforcement report said.#angelachao #tesla (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pubs should serve more non-alcoholic beers on tap to 'nudge' Brits into drinking less booze, scientists say
Scientists found customers bought less standard beer but substituted it for alcohol-free varieties, with no reduction in bars' overall revenue. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Millionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson (who already has a cult-like following) plans to start his own NATION for anti-agers... where pizza, donuts and alcohol will be illegal
The tech mogul, 46, said anyone could sign up to the state. It would pool everyone's resources to buy tests, therapies and supplements to help its members live longer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Risk and protective factors for early dropout from telephone monitoring for individuals with drug convictions in community mental health centers in Japan - Tsutsumi S, Takano A, Usami T, Kumakura Y, Kanazawa Y, Takebayashi T, Sugiyama D, Matsumoto T.
INTRODUCTION: Individuals involved with the criminal justice system face challenges in receiving and maintaining substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and support. Although telephone monitoring (TM) could reduce these barriers, data on TM for community-dw... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Risk of suicide attempts and intentional self-harm on alprazolam - Gibbons RD, Hur K, Lavigne JE, Mann JJ.
BACKGROUND: From 2000-2021, U.S. suicide deaths have risen 36 %. Identification of pharmacological agents associated with increased suicide risk and safer alternatives may help reduce this trend. METHODS: An exposure-only within-subject time-to-eve... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network meeting report: managing patients exposed to xylazine-adulterated opioids in emergency, hospital and addiction care settings - Perrone J, Haroz R, D'Orazio J, Gianotti G, Love J, Salzman M, Lowenstein M, Thakrar A, Klipp S, Rae L, Reed MK, Sisco E, Wightman R, Nelson LS.
Used as a veterinary sedative and not approved for human use, xylazine has been increasingly linked with opioid overdose deaths in the United States. A growing number of people have been exposed to xylazine in the illicit opioid supply (especially fentanyl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Predicting alcohol relapse post-detoxification: the role of cognitive impairments in alcohol use disorder patients - Teixeira J, Pinheiro M, Pereira G, Nogueira P, Guerreiro M, Castanho M, do Couto FS.
This study inve... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Interplay between parental knowledge and adolescent inebriation, and their links to parent-child relationships over time - Kapetanovic S, Turner R.
While parental knowledge of adolescents' whereabouts is generally considered to be a key protective factor for adolescent alcohol use, the developmental links during adolescence are unclear. Focusing on within-family processes on a sample of Swedish early ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Alcohol-Associated Cirrhosis and Death Are on the Rise: Here's How We Can Help
(MedPage Today) -- Few Americans, including some healthcare professionals, realize that chronic liver disease is now the 9th leading cause of death in the U.S. Even worse, it is the 5th leading cause of death among adults ages 25 to 64 years old... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Experts reveal surprising reasons some people get the 'hangover horn' after a night of drinking (even if they feel like death) as sufferers complain of having libido like 'a wild animal'
Experts revealed there are several factors that can make you crave sex more when you're hungover, including hormones, alcohol myopia and an inability to control erections. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
These Are the Most and Least Expensive Handgun Rounds
Handguns — a category that includes both pistols and revolvers — have ranked as the best selling firearm in the United States for well over a decade. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, handguns have accounted for over 40% of all domestic firearm production every…#explosives #atf #pewresearchcenter #ammopricesnow #cartridgeballistics #22longrifle #avg #markiv #beretta #wmr (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alcohol industry-sponsored music festivals, alcohol marketing and drinking practices among young Nigerians: implications for policy - Dumbili EW.
INTRODUCTION: The global alcohol industry sponsors social/music events targeting young people; however, existing literature focuses on Westernised contexts. Given the decline in young people's drinking in many Western countries, it appears that multination... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Burden of alcohol and other substance use and correlates among undergraduate students at Busitema University in rural Eastern Uganda after COVID-19 lockdown - Kirabira J, Kagoya EK, Mpagi J, Atala CE, Ndamanywa K, Okibure A, Kibuuka R, Katongole F, Wandabwa J.
This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of alcohol and other substance use among students at Busitema University in Eastern Uganda. A cross sectiona... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
"It gets you high as a kite but not unsick": characterizations of and responses to a changing local drug supply by people who use drugs in Rhode Island - Collins AB, Macon EC, Levin S, Wunsch C, Wightman RS.
BACKGROUND: The North American overdose crisis has continued at unprecedented rates with more than 100,000 overdose deaths occurring in the United States (US) in 2022. Overdose deaths have increasingly been polysubstance-involved, with novel substances (e.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
