Substance (Drug) Abuse is increasing in Kenya and especially among the youth. Current statistics indicate that more than half of drug users are aged 10-19 years. Most studies done in the country indicate that the commonly used drugs are...
To assess (1) how far the efficacies of front‐line smoking cessation pharmacotherapies vary as a function of smoker characteristics and (2) associations between these characteristics and success of smoking cessation...
The United Kingdom Focal Point on Drugs (UK Focal Point) 2017 report is available on the UK government's digital portal.
Based at Public Health England, the UK Focal Point is the national partner of the European Monitoring Centre for...
یوې مطالعې چې د حیض دورې بې نظمۍ او نارینه وو لامل کیږی فکتورونه وپلټی موندلی چې سګرټ څښل ممکن د غیر منظم حیض دورې کې مرسته وکړی. څیړنې ، چې په کوریا کې ترسره شوې ، د سګرټ څښلو لومړنی پیل او د نارینه وو په لومړیو کې د مینځپانګې سره اړیکه...
Nowadays, one of the most prevalent patterns of alcohol consumption is called binge drinking (BD). In 2015, the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) Group estimated that about 35% of adolescents of 15-16...
په اُمیدو کښې بینګ څښاک یوه ډیره عامه روغتیایی ستونزه ده چې د جسمانی او روانی روغتیا د ستونزو سره د ټولنې د نقېصو سره سمون لری. دا پاڼه په هسپانوی ماشومانو کې د بینج څښلو د مخنیوی په موخه د لومړنی ویب کمپیوټر ی واګی د...
الکول او د مخدره توکو کارول د ناروغۍ او مړینې لوی لاملونه دی چې ډیری وختونه په طبی ترتیباتو کې نه پیژندل کیږی. د لومړنی پاملرنې کلینیکونو کې د بریښنایی روغتیا ریکارډ مدغم شوی موادو کارولو سکرینینګ پلی کولو لپاره د څو مرحلې...
Seminal work from Australia identified these as the three pillars of medication-based treatment of drug dependence; they form the kernel of this bite’s exploration of organisational influences on these treatments. Ethos, dose, and...
Digital health information about the risks of drugs is available through the Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) website. The searchable online database, Drug Facts, features information about a range of substances which may pose...
A study published in the Lancet details the discovery of a link between the respiratory disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and childhood exposure to parental smoking or childhood illnesses, such as asthma, bronchitis...
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...
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...
Key Points
Question: Does cue-induced craving follow a parabolic trajectory as a function of duration of abstinence in humans with cocaine use disorders, as previously shown in preclinical studies?
Findings: The results of this...
Adquiriendo un Rol Protagónico frente a una realidad social olvidada
Eduardo H. Loyola Arguello (ISSUP Member)
El Salvador es un país geográficamente pequeño, con una historia caracterizada por el dolor, conflictos y grandes...
Dropout from substance use disorder treatment is usually investigated and understood from a perspective of quantitative patient-related factors. Patients’ own perspectives (user perspective) are rarely reported. This study...
Seminal and key studies on the role of management in medical interventions for drug dependence. Commentary considers how medication-based treatment can be (re)oriented to long-term recovery, the importance of the right dose, and whether we...
