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Surgeon General Advocates for Social Media Warning Labels to Protect Teen Mental Health
Surgeon General Advocates for Social Media Warning Labels to Protect Teen Mental Health

The increasing use of social media is becoming so dangerous that US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says that it should...

Boosting TMS Effectiveness for Depression Through Target Selection and Personalization
Boosting TMS Effectiveness for Depression Through Target Selection and Personalization

Depression is the most common mental health issue. It can also be quite severe and is among the leading causes...

Questions Raised Over Study Casting Doubt on Opioid Use
Questions Raised Over Study Casting Doubt on Opioid Use

Summary: One of the widely circulated studies, the OPAL study, demonstrated that opioids are of little use for low back...

Early Chronic Pain Risk Identification Can Help Cut Opioid Use
Early Chronic Pain Risk Identification Can Help Cut Opioid Use

Summary: A study done by Duke Medical University shows that early identification of patients at a greater risk of developing...

Reducing Opioid Treatment Dropouts and Relapses with Mindfulness
Reducing Opioid Treatment Dropouts and Relapses with Mindfulness

Summary: Opioid addiction is not rare among patients treated with these drugs for chronic pain. Methadone, a kind of opioid,...

More than 600 genes identified associated with antisocial behavior and addiction
More than 600 genes identified associated with antisocial behavior and addiction

Summary: Certain behavioral traits are inherited in humans. Thus, genes influence how people behave under specific circumstances. However, the availability...

Opioid tapering considerably increases the risk of overdose or mental health crisis
Opioid tapering considerably increases the risk of overdose or mental health crisis

Summary: Large number of people are prescribed opioids for moderate to severe pain. In many cases, opioids are prescribed at...

Insights into Suicidal Tendencies in Office-Based Buprenorphine Initiators: Predictors and Prevalence
Insights into Suicidal Tendencies in Office-Based Buprenorphine Initiators: Predictors and Prevalence

  Summary: Buprenorphine is a treatment of choice for treating opioid use disorder (OUD) in outpatient settings. However, doctors need...

Despite the limits on opioid prescriptions, overdoses tripled in New Jersey
Despite the limits on opioid prescriptions, overdoses tripled in New Jersey

Summary: Opioid addiction and related deaths have considerably impacted average life expectancy in the US. It has emerged as a...

A New Era in Pain Relief: Transformative Protocol Reduces Opioid Utilization Among Hospitalized IBD Patients
A New Era in Pain Relief: Transformative Protocol Reduces Opioid Utilization Among Hospitalized IBD Patients

  Summary: Chronic pain is among the primary symptoms in IBD patients. This pain is especially severe among hospitalized patients,...

Opioid and endocannabinoid system appears to play a role in eating disorders
Opioid and endocannabinoid system appears to play a role in eating disorders

Summary: Some people experience greater pleasure by eating food than others. Thus, these individuals are more likely to consume excess...

10 Signs Your Liver is Detoxing from Alcohol
10 Signs Your Liver is Detoxing from Alcohol

Alcohol is the most commonly consumed mind-altering substance in the world. Unlike other drugs, its consumption is legal. As a...