Pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief strategy to prevent suicide after discharge from residential addiction treatment - Kenneally L, Stevens S, Cornelius S, Shiner B, Rice K, Park J, Watts B, Teja N, Riblet N.
INTRODUCTION: Veterans are at greater risk for suicide and veterans with substance use disorder (SUD) have an even greater risk. Little research has looked into brief interventions to prevent suicide in this population in residential substance use treatmen...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

San Francisco Records More Than A Dozen Suspected Overdose Deaths In One Day
Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, Videos from San Francisco posted on social media Aug. 30 show morgue vans loading bodies amid scenes of widespread addiction, with people folded up and contorted in…#sanfranciscorecords #overdosedeaths #travisgillmore #epochtimes #twitter #pdf #tenderloin #unionsquare #polkrussianhill #homeless
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Harvard Doctor Shatters Taboos: ' People Can Use Cannabis Instead Of Opioids For Pain '
Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a general practitioner at Harvard University, writer, medical cannabis specialist, and lecturer. In 2016 he published the book “Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction” which seeks to explain the vulnerability of healthcare personnel to addiction and quickly became a…#petergrinspoon #harvarduniversity #lestergrinspoon #barneyfarm #amsterdam #barney #newton #massachusetts #purduepharmaceutical #oxycontin
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Watch: Pastor Forcibly Removed From School Board Meeting For Reading Aloud Porn Book From Kids ' Library
Watch: Pastor Forcibly Removed From School Board Meeting For Reading Aloud Porn Book From Kids' Library Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, A pastor in Florida was forcibly removed from a school board meeting when he attempted to read aloud pornographic passages from a book that was…#stevewatson #summitnews #florida #johnkamanchukwusr #jayasher #amanchukwusmic #ircschools #rondesantis #jacquelinerosario #rosario
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Conservative judge blocks Republican bill to stop kids from watching porn
A conservative judge, appointed by President Ronald Reagan, rejected a Republican-led bill to ban children in Texas from watching porn. U.S. District Judge David Ezra struck down Texas House Bill 1181, which required age verification and health warnings for pornographic websites, and blocked the…#ronaldreagan #davidezra #bill1181 #gregabbott #freespeechcoalition #kenpaxton #mississippi #virginia #utah #arkansas
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Prescribed fentanyl helps this man manage his addiction. Experts want more access to safe supply
Experts and drug users are highlighting a need for safer alternatives to street drugs, more drug checking services, and other harm reduction measures to be expanded, as hundreds die each month due to an increasingly toxic street drug supply.
Source: CBC | Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news

Effects of workplace variables on workers intentions to misuse prescription opioids - Weaver GL, Hansen WB, Ruppert S, Tabassum QM, Hebard S, Milroy J, Wyrick D.
OBJECTIVE: Workers in industries with high rates of opioid dispensing as well as those with high rates of non-fatal work-related injuries are at greater risk for opioid misuse, which can lead to addiction, overdose, or death. METHODS: Using seconda...
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Do Most Americans Know How to Help Loved Ones Battling Addictions? New Poll Says Yes
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 -- If a loved one were living with addiction, a majority of Americans say they would know how to get help. About 71% of 2,200 respondents to an American Psychiatric Association poll said they would know how to assist a friend...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 31, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Opinion: One overlooked way to fight opioid deaths? Give people something to do
When towns lose bowling alleys or movie theaters or libraries, they lose a safety net in the battle against addiction.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer and Timothy J. Nelson Source Type: news

Narcan Available for Over-the-Counter Purchase: What to Know
The overdose-reversal drug should be more widely available, health experts have said. It arrives in many stores next week, no prescription necessary.
Source: NYT Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman and Noah Weiland Tags: your-feed-science Naloxone (Drug) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Drug Abuse and Traffic Content Type: Service Drugstores Opioids and Opiates Addiction (Psychology) Medicine and Health Emergent BioSolutions Inc Source Type: news

'We need warning labels': Doctor calls for ultra-processed foods to be marked with alert to kick the UK's addiction to ultra-processed food
London-based Dr Chris van Tulleken called for the move after recent studies linked eating ultra-processed food to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘The Equalizer 3’ Review: Denzel Washington Returns for More Numbingly Violent Vengeance
There’s one cliché, and only one, that The Equalizer 3 manages to avoid. Usually, films set in photogenic Italian seaside villages deliver ample displays of food porn with close-ups of mouthwatering pastas, fresh fish and gelato. This third installment of the Denzel Washington-starring action…#italian #denzel #edwardwoodward #robertmccall #freddykrueger #michaelmyers #mccall #antoinefuqua #deathwish #oscar
Source: Reuters: Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine. But patient ...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Moms With OUD: Improved Infant Care Seen With Use of Prenatal Addiction Meds
(MedPage Today) -- For mothers with opioid use disorder (OUD), the use of medication for their addiction such as buprenorphine or methadone during the prenatal period was associated with improved outcomes in infants, a cross-sectional study showed...
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - August 28, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine. But patient ...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

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