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Complementing pain treatment with self-care and telemedicine training may help improve outcomes
Yes. Complementing pain treatment with self-care and telemedicine training helps. It works because poor self-care is a top reason pain lasts for months or…
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Opioid Overdose Epidemic In The Mid Of The Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic made the opioid overdose epidemic worse. Isolation, stress and lost income pushed more people toward opioids. Addiction treatment and support lost…
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A CBD-based remedy may soon get the FDA nod for managing opioid addiction
Summary: A prescription CBD drug for opioid addiction is in advanced clinical trials. ANANDA Scientific Inc. has filed with the FDA and is testing…
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Gene editing could be the future treatment for binge drinking
Gene editing is a strong candidate for treating binge drinking. In mice, heavy drinking changed the Arc gene in the brain’s emotion and memory…
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Rapid Increase in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates Observed Among Black and Indigenous Populations in the US
Racial gaps in US overdose deaths widened sharply when deaths climbed 30% from 2019 to 2020. That was a historic one-year jump. Black and…
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Reduce your alcohol intake to lower your cancer risk
Cutting back on alcohol lowers your cancer risk. A JAMA study looked at more than four million adults. Cancer risk rose mainly in heavy…
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Prescription opioids continue to fuel the opioid crisis
Prescription opioids fueled the start of the opioid crisis, but other forces now drive it. Opioid prescriptions have fallen. Yet opioid use disorder and…
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Fentanyl-laced marijuana believed to have caused 39 Connecticut overdoses
Yes. Doctors believe fentanyl-laced marijuana caused the 39 overdoses Connecticut reported in the months after it legalized recreational marijuana in 2021. Naloxone, the drug…
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Doctors recommend a new approach to treat chronic groin pain
The new approach to chronic groin pain after inguinal hernia repair starts with a full history, because the pain often comes from an older…
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Researchers Find How Exercise May Help Prevent Neurodegeneration
Exercise protects the brain directly by raising neurotransmitters and growth factors. In a study of mice, 30 days of wheel running raised dopamine by…