A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) explores the action of psychostimulant drugs on glutamate, one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the human body.
Drugs with a stimulant effect are commonly prescribed...
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...
What is already known about this topic?
Medicaid enrollees smoke cigarettes at a higher rate than do privately insured U.S. residents (25.3% versus 11.8%). Comprehensive state Medicaid cessation coverage has the potential to...
Objetivo: El objetivo es estimar la prevalencia de consumos de riesgo de drogas y patrones de consumo en atención primaria.
Diseño: Estudio multicéntrico descriptivo transversal.
Emplazamiento: Cinco centros de salud del...
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the Health and Human Services US Government Department (HSS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have collaborated to create a manual on...
Η SAMHSA εγκαινίασε το νέο Κέντρο Πόρων βάσει αποδεικτικών στοιχείων, το οποίο θα επιτρέπει στους επαγγελματίες να βρίσκουν εργαλεία, εγχειρίδια, κατευθυντήριες γραμμές κλινικής πρακτικής και επιστημονικούς πόρους.
Διαθέσιμο απευθείας...
Αυτή η έκθεση ποσοτικοποιεί τον αντίκτυπο στην υγεία που το αλκοόλ και η παράνομη χρήση ναρκωτικών χρησιμοποιούνται στην Αυστραλία, μεταξύ άλλων ως παράγοντες κινδύνου για άλλες ασθένειες και τραυματισμούς. Εκτιμά ότι το αλκοόλ και τα...
Methamphetamine is one of the most widely used illicit drugs in several Southeast Asian countries, including the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). The purpose of this study was to examine the socio-cultural...
ABSTRACT
Objective: To develop a new index to measure the effectiveness of alcohol control policies on selected indicators of alcohol-related injuries.
Methods: We used the World Health Organization Global Information System on...
Objective: Investigate alcohol and other substance use, with a focus on harmful alcohol use patterns, among young people in the Solomon Islands.
Methods: A structured, interviewer‐administered questionnaire was administered...
Το Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Παρακολούθησης Ναρκωτικών και Τοξικομανίας (ΕΚΠΝΤ) δημοσίευσε τα αποτελέσματα της μεγαλύτερης μελέτης ανάλυσης λυμάτων. Το έργο της ΕΕ ανέλυσε τα λύματα σε περίπου 60 ευρωπαϊκές πόλεις και κωμοπόλεις.
Αυτό επέτρεψε...
A recent study carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health examined the use of mobile health technology in the United States’ health care system.
Published in the Journal of...
Background: Recreational marijuana has been legalized in 11 jurisdictions; Canada will legalize marijuana by July 2018. With this changing landscape, there is a need to understand the public health risks associated with...
Background: Despite public awareness that tobacco secondhand smoke (SHS) is harmful, many people still assume that marijuana SHS is benign. Debates about whether smoke‐free laws should include marijuana are becoming increasingly...
RESUMEN
Justificación y objetivo: El consumo de tabaco es un problema de salud pública. En los hospitales existe un grupo de trabajadores que fuman, debe investigarse quiénes son fumadores activos.
Método: Se realizó una encuesta con...
Η υπερβολική κατανάλωση αλκοόλ (τέσσερα ή περισσότερα ποτά για γυναίκες, πέντε ή περισσότερα ποτά για τους άνδρες σε μια περίπτωση) αντιπροσωπεύει περισσότερους από τους μισούς από τους 88.000 θανάτους στις ΗΠΑ που προκύπτουν...
In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
The study has, to date...
Research carried out in North America has highlighted differences in youth smoking habits for individuals who identify as heterosexual and those who identify as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual (LGB).
The study builds on historical evidence to...
