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A Significant Problem Of Ill-managed Chronic Pain In Those Living With Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
A Significant Problem Of Ill-managed Chronic Pain In Those Living With Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

Summary: Chronic pain is among the most common comorbidities in those being treated for opioid use disorder (OUD). However, a...

Poor physical and mental health in some adults related  to childhood abuse
Poor physical and mental health in some adults related to childhood abuse

Summary: Childhood abuse is not rare in the US and affects about one in seven children. It is well known...

AHA says that treating addiction is key to managing heart infection in those who inject drugs
AHA says that treating addiction is key to managing heart infection in those who inject drugs

Summary: The incidence of a heart infection or endocarditis is unusually high in those who inject drugs due to syringe...

Tele Help for Mental Health is Accessible, but Experts are Skeptical of its Benefits
Tele Help for Mental Health is Accessible, but Experts are Skeptical of its Benefits

Summary: In recent years, many telehealth platforms have sprung up. Tele mental help has some distinct benefits like accessibility and...

High sugar consumption may blunt your ability to sense sweetness
High sugar consumption may blunt your ability to sense sweetness

Summary: It appears that consuming too much sugar may reduce the sense of sweetness. A new study found that if...

Your Diet can Influence your Mental Health
Your Diet can Influence your Mental Health

Summary: In recent years, a field called nutritional psychiatry has been emerging fast as researchers realize that those living with...

Problematic news consumption leads to a decline in mental and physical health
Problematic news consumption leads to a decline in mental and physical health

Summary: Due to technological changes and increased use of gadgets, people are continually being exposed to various information. Some people...

LSU Health New Orleans Uncovers Key Piece to the Alzheimer’s Puzzle
LSU Health New Orleans Uncovers Key Piece to the Alzheimer’s Puzzle

Summary: A study led by LSU Health New Orleans researchers found evidence that a neurotoxin known as BF-LPS, derived from...

Severe Infection May Have A Long-term Influence On Mood, Causing Mood Disorders
Severe Infection May Have A Long-term Influence On Mood, Causing Mood Disorders

 Summary: People do not generally associate mental health disorders with infectious diseases. However, studies show that the brain regulates infection...

Theta waves could be a new marker for emotional dysregulation
Theta waves could be a new marker for emotional dysregulation

Summary: Although emotional disorders are quite common, there are no reliable biomarkers for diagnosing these conditions. Not only that, lack...

Long-term use of antianxiety drugs may increase dementia’s risk
Long-term use of antianxiety drugs may increase dementia’s risk

Summary: Researchers have long known that dementia is caused by the disruption of synaptic connections in the brain. They also...

Adolescents living with substance abuse disorder are unlikely to grow out of it
Adolescents living with substance abuse disorder are unlikely to grow out of it

Summary: Substance abuse disorder (SUD) is a significant health problem. Drug addiction is among the leading causes of mortality in...