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Opioid use might increase risk of developing pancreatic cancer
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that opioid use might increase a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
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Artificial intelligence-based tool may help diagnose opioid addiction earl
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): A study published in Ecological Applications suggests that nature around one's home may help mitigate some of the negative mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cannabis may encourage use of non-medical opioid, suggests study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): A recent study examined the direction and strength of the association between cannabis and opioids among adults who used non-medical opioids in the United States.
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Cannabis use appears to encourage, not replace, non-medical opioid use
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Contrary to some claims, people in the U.S may not be substituting cannabis for opioids, according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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AI predicts patients at highest risk for severe pain, increased opioid use
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Artificial intelligence (AI) used in machine learning models can predict which patients are at highest risk for severe pain after surgery, and help determine who would most benefit from personalised pain management plans that use non-opioid alternatives, sug
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Opioid prescription for knee surgery vary widely from state to state in US
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): Prescription-strength and a number of tablets are prescribed highest in Oklahoma and lowest in Vermont, according to new research from Texas A&M University and the University of Pennsylvania on opioid prescribing practices across the country after out
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Study finds opioid prescription for knee surgery vary widely from state to
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): New research from Texas A&M University and the University of Pennsylvania on opioid prescribing practices across the country after outpatient knee surgeries found that prescription strength and a number of tablets is prescribed highest in Oklahoma and
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Study reveals overdose of opioid for knee surgery linked to death
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 30 (ANI): Opioid prescription rates for outpatient knee surgery vary widely across the country, but the strength of the average prescription in the United States is at a level that has been linked to an increased risk of overdose death, suggest the findings of a new stud
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Opioid prescription rates for knee surgery vary, but higher strength dosag
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): A new study found that opioid prescription rates for outpatient knee surgery vary widely across the country, but the strength of the average prescription in the United States is at a level that has been linked to an increased risk of overdose death.
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Patients transitioning to skilled nursing facilities at opioid risks: Stud
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 15 (ANI): Patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities often bring a high-dose painkiller prescription with them, which suggests that more attention should be paid to opioid safety for those patients, concludes a recent study focusing on the opioid-fueled publ
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Study points out opioid risks for patients transitioning to skilled nursin
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): A recent study focusing on the opioid-fueled public health crisis concluded that the hospital patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities often bring a high-dose painkiller prescription with them, which suggests that more attention should be paid to
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Study looks at opioid use and driving outcomes among older adults
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Colorado [USA], July 12 (ANI): A new study from faculty at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus looks at the relationship between opioid use (medicines used for pain relief, including anesthesia) and driving among older adults.
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