Taiwan Harm Reduction Program For IDUs Praised At International Conference
Taiwan’s harm reduction program for injection drug users — which has reduced the number of new HIV cases among the group by about 50% over a three-year period — recently received praise at the International Harm Reduction Association’s 20th International Conference in Bangkok, Thailand,
SAMHSA And FDA Join To Educate The Public On The Safe Use Of Methadone
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an initiative to help ensure the safe use of methadone. A prescription drug best known as a treatment for addiction and dependence on heroin and other narcotic pain medicines, methadone is also prescribed to treat moderate-to-severe [...]
Street Drug Linked To Lasting Social Deficits
Methamphetamine abuse has been linked to deficits in social reasoning. This is the finding of a study published online today, 28th April 2009, in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. Julie Henry from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and Peter Rendell from Australian Catholic University tested 20 adults with a history of Methamphetamine [...]
Experimental Compound Eases Drug-Associated Memories
In a study conducted with laboratory animals, researchers investigated the compound CDPPB as a way to control contextual memories — such as recollection of environments where drugs were commonly used — to help the brain make new, more benign associations. (Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine [...]
U.S. Contingency Plan Would See National Guard at Mexico Border
The United States is working up a contingency plan that would allow the military and Department of Homeland Security to send National Guard troops to patrol the U.S. border with Mexico. (Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)
Adolescent Smoking Prevention and Cessation Symposium
This symposium from PRP Media will highlight information on successful adolescent smoking cessation programs, the latest research on adolescent tobacco use, and other useful information on underage smoking. (Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)
SAMHSA And FDA Join To Educate The Public On The Safe Use Of Methadone
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an initiative to help ensure the safe use of methadone. A prescription drug best known as a treatment for addiction and dependence on heroin and other narcotic pain medicines, methadone is also prescribed to treat moderate-to-severe [...]
Action on Addiction’s Response to BBC 2’s Drama: Best: His Mother’s Son
Action on Addiction welcomes the showing of BBC’s fact-based drama ‘Best: His Mother’s Son’. The programme is timely given the current concern over levels of alcohol consumption in this country. The programme highlighted the devastating effect that alcohol can have, not only on the alcoholic but on the rest of the family as well. It [...]
Lifestyle Factors Related To Risk Of Diabetes Among Older Adults
Even for older adults, lifestyle factors such as physical activity, dietary habits, tobacco and alcohol use and the amount of body fat are associated with risk of new-onset diabetes, according to a study published in the April 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. (Source: Health News from Medical News [...]
Does Beer (Goggling) Affect Whom We Find Attractive?
You’ve been there: the one-night mistake you can only chalk up to absolute drunkenness. But a new study suggests that alcohol is really no excuse (Source: TIME: Top Science and Health Stories)