More Data to Suggest that Moderate Alcohol Consumption Confers No Benefits
The objective was to analyze former alcohol or drug use disorders, risky drinking, tobacco smoking, and fair to poor health among persons who reported abstinence from alcohol drinking in the last 12 months before baseline in relation to total, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality 20 years later. A sample of residents aged 18 to 64 years had been drawn at random among the general population in northern Germany and a standardized interview conducted in the years 1996 to 1997. The baseline assessment included 4,093 persons (70.2% of those who had been eligible). Vital status and death certificate data were retrieved in the ye...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 11, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
What Do You Do If Your Teen Is Using after You ’ve Finished Addiction Treatment?
As you return to the world after successfully completing your treatment program, you may be confronted with some issues on the...The postWhat Do You Do If Your Teen Is Using after You ’ve Finished Addiction Treatment? appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - September 22, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: ebarbour Tags: Addiction Treatment and Program Resources substance abuse teen teen is using treatment for teens Source Type: blogs
Self-harm and eating disorders in teens
An excerpt from The Addicted Child: A Parent’s Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse. How do you know if your teen has a substance problem? The inability to control substance use despite negative consequences is a classic definition of a severe substance use disorder. But substances aren’t the only thing afflicting adolescents. Another dangerous behavior isRead more …Self-harm and eating disorders in teens originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/richard-capriola" rel="tag" > Richard Capriola < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
It takes a pandemic: Mental Health parity may finally have its day!
By EMILY EVANS
Emily Evans is the health policy guru at equity research company HedgeEye. She sends out these reports in emails to her clients regularly but (since I asked nicely) she allowed me to publish this one from late last week on THCB. You can catch Emily in person on the “How Much Are These Companies Really Worth? The IPO & SPAC Panel” at Policies|Techies|VCs–What’s Next for Health Care, the conference Jess Damassa & I are chairing on September 7-8-9-10 — Matthew Holt
Politics. President Biden is going to have more important things to do this week than worry about the ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID-19 Emily Evans Hedgeye masks Mental Health Source Type: blogs
What Being An LGBTQ+ Ally Actually Looks Like
Our world is growing to be as diverse as ever, and our communities must come together to support inclusivity. It's becoming more and more common to run into people who identify as something other than straight or cisgender.
Now, around 5.6% of U.S. adults identify as someone in the LGBTQ+ community. That number will most likely increase as more young people are coming to terms with their identities.
Because more people are coming out and living their lives authentically, LGBTQ+ members must receive support. Being an ally can be mystifying for some people — what does it mean to be an LBGTQ+ ally?
There's no one a...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kara Reynolds Tags: depression family featured happiness philosophy psychology self-improvement acceptance allyship gay lgtbq Source Type: blogs
Alcohol, Smoking, Drugs: How Technology Can Help
The global statistics on substance use are disquieting. Globally, about 3 million people die every year from alcohol abuse. Tobacco kills up to half of its users – over 8 million people annually. And the UN’s 2021 World Drug Report estimated that around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020, while over 36 million people suffered from drug use disorders.
Disruptive technologies could act only as additional tools for managing preventive or reactive treatment for both victims and physicians next to therapy. Alcohol content-measuring wristbands, smart lighters, nicotine tracking wearables, stop smoking apps, virt...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality alcohol digital health Innovation smoking technology VR health Source Type: blogs
On The Eve of The 50th Anniversary of President Nixon Declaring War on Drugs, Two Members of Congress Propose an Armistice
Jeffrey A. SingerYesterday Representatives Cori Bush (D-MO) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced theDrug Policy Reform Act, which would federally decriminalize drug possession and redirect federal funds to harm reduction, substance abuse disorder treatment, and education programs. Furthermore, the bill would expunge and seal the records of people with federal drug violation records within one year of enactment.Among some of the bill ’s other praiseworthy provisions are a ban on civil asset forfeitures related to personal drug possession cases, and preventing individuals in the U.S. from being denied legal imm...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 17, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Forensic Neuropathology Symposium kicks off 97th Annual AANP Meeting
Dr. Marc Del Bigio of the University of Manitoba was first in the line-up for an excellent forensic neuropathology symposium as a satellite preface to the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuropathologists. His discussion was entitled " Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Outside of the Sports Arena " . After a review of the history of the development of CTE as a diagnostic entity, Dr. Del Bigio discussed the fact that this disease does not only occur among athletes. Dr. Del Bigio studied 111 brains in a routine autopsy service of patients aged 18 to 60 years old. Del Bigio and his group found that the cases...
Source: neuropathology blog - June 9, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
Sober Curious: From Curiosity to Permanent Sobriety
Sober curious is a social movement based on author Ruby Warrington ’s book, Sober Curious....The postSober Curious: From Curiosity to Permanent Sobriety appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - May 19, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: ebarbour Tags: Addiction Alcoholism Substance Abuse alcohol treatment drinking problem Malibu rehab treatment private rehab treatment in Malibu sober curious Source Type: blogs
PursueCare Raises Over $11M In Series A1/A2 Funding
PursueCare (pursuecare.com), a leader in telehealth addiction treatment, today announced an oversubscribed $7 million Series A2 capital raise, bringing its total Series A round to north of $11 million. The round was led by OCA Ventures, Seyen Capital, Wasabi Investors, and a syndicate of experienced healthcare investors. The company, founded in 2019, has generated unprecedented […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 26, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Addiction Digital Therapeutic Health IT Funding Medication-assisted Treatment Nick Mercadante OCA Ventures PursueCare Seyen Capital Substance Abuse Disorders Teleheal Source Type: blogs
Ohio joins Indiana and Kentucky in funding Pear Therapeutics ’ digital addiction treatments
Ohio is third state to fund Pear’s digital therapeutics to tackle addiction (pharmaforum):
The company has been pushing for more reimbursement of its three marketed DTx products in the US following a first FDA approval in 2017.
Pear said that the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) and RecoveryOhio are providing access to Pear’s FDA-approved DTx reSET and reSET‑O, for treatment of substance use disorder and opioid use disorders, respectively.
Funding is provided by the State Opioid Response (SOR) 2.0 grant, administered by OhioMHAS, and part of the US Department of Health and Human Serv...
Source: SharpBrains - April 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation addiction cognitive-behavioral-therapy digital therapeutics FDA Indiana Kentucky Ohio opioid use disorder Pear Therapeutics prescription digital therapeutics reSET reSET-O substance Source Type: blogs
Sexual Assault: How It Relates to Substance Use
Sexual assault is a serious matter and frankly can be difficult to talk about. The fact of the matter is, one...The postSexual Assault: How It Relates to Substance Use appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - April 15, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Cliffside Malibu Tags: Substance Abuse assault depression PTSD Source Type: blogs
Register Now for 4th Annual Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day Symposium
Registration is open for the May 6 symposium on older adult mental health. The National Council on Aging, U.S. Administration for Community Living, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration sponsor the day-long symposium.
Issues around mental health are especially relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic and particularly for older adults who may already face isolation and loneliness.
This free, virtual event will empower professionals with the latest tools to improve the lives of older adults in their communities, both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more and registerThe post Register Now for...
Source: BHIC - April 13, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Health Information Mental Health Public Health Senior Webinars consumer health health equity health literacy mental health resources older adults symposium Source Type: blogs
Digital Therapeutics, Megan & Me!
Anyone who follows me knows that I’ve been questioning whether digital therapeutics are real and more importantly whether the people building and trying to sell them are simply trying to replicate the American drug pricing model–patent, protect, prescribe & price gouge. So who better to have this conversation with than the person in charge of explaining and selling the notion of digital therapeutics to the world? Megan Coder is Executive Director of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance. She graciously and bravely agreed to talk to me. Who won the argument? You’ll have to watch to decide, but I found our ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Matthew Holt digital therapeutics dtx Megan Coder Source Type: blogs
