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"Even cannabis can cause strokes": Top neurologist warns of rising "party
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Dr (Col) Joy Dev Mukherji, one of India's leading neurologists, has issued a stark warning against the growing social acceptance of recreational and "party" drugs, stressing that even cannabis can trigger strokes, seizures and cardiac complications and that the practise is driving a worry
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Study reveals treatment for opioid use disorder varies widely among states
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Despite a national opioid overdose epidemic supercharged by an increase in illegal fentanyl, new research from Oregon Health & Science University indicates significant disparities in properly treating opioid use disorder among Medicaid recipients.
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Study finds new epigenetic brain defense helps to overcome opioid use
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Many people with substance use disorder (SUD) resume regular usage after numerous attempts to stop since it is such a challenging disorder to overcome.
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Study reveals how artificial intelligence can help treat opioid addiction
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Around 80,000 Americans die from overdoses each year, and almost three million Americans struggle with opioid use disorder. Opioid medications that bind to opioid receptors include heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, and morphine.
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Researchers find opioid use after lung cancer surgery have association wit
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 13 (ANI): Long-term opioid use to relieve pain following lung cancer surgery is associated with a 40 per cent increased risk of death from any cause within the next two years.
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Study offers first proof of connection between chronic pain and opioid use
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Columbus [Ohio], July 11 (ANI): Scientists have long suspected a link between opioid use disorder (OUD) and chronic pain, but the brain processes that link OUD and chronic pain remain unknown. Researchers from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine and the Un
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Therapy can support medication treatment for opioid use disorder: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): Receiving psychosocial and behavioral therapy alongside medications for opioid use disorder leads to better treatment engagement and continuity, according to Rutgers researchers.
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Physical therapy reduces risk of chronic opioid use for knee replacement p
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): A team of researchers have discovered a promising way to reduce knee replacement patients' risk of opioid addiction: Participate in physical therapy either before or after total knee replacement surgery.
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Physical therapy can help prevent, treat opioid use disorder: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 9 (ANI): When one thinks of ways to treat opioid use disorder, they might think of methadone clinics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. People probably don't imagine stretches and strengthening exercises. However, a new study has shed light on how physical therapy can h
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New study examines addiction medicine treatment
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): An assessment published this week in the journal The Lancet HIV provides new insight about an initiative to integrate treatment of opioid use disorder along with HIV in Vietnam.
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Model predicts likelihood of persistent high-dose opioid use after knee su
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): A new study published in Arthritis Care & Research has identified 10 readily available clinical factors that may predict which patients will persistently use high doses of opioids in the year following knee replacement surgery.
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Risk of developing pancreatic cancer increases due to Opioid use
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): A new study has revealed that opioid use may be a risk factor contributing to the increasing incidences of pancreatic cancer.
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