Domain EYEION.com for sale! This premium domain is available now at Kadomain.com
Emergency departments may be missing opportunities to identify and treat people for problem alcohol use. A new study published in Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research found that less than 1% of emergency department patients who screened positive for high-risk drinking received a prescription for a medication to treat the disorder. More than half of those who did receive a prescription filled it, suggesting that increasing awareness and education among emergency department clinicians may be an effective avenue for improving treatment for people with high-risk drinking.
Among people in treatment for alcohol dependence, the severity of withdrawal symptoms during early alcohol abstinence may be affected by the life adversity they have experienced, a small study suggests. "Cumulative adversity" is the sum of an individual's challenging and traumatic life circumstances. This chronic wear and tear is associated with a range of health outcomes—including substance use disorders, where the effects of stress are known to underpin craving and relapse.
The tiny fruit fly could have a mighty impact on identifying optimal treatments for people with alcohol use disorder. A new study confirmed that using fruit flies may help scientists understand the human body's response to certain medications that influence alcohol use patterns.
Changing cannabis use frequency may predict changes in binge drinking frequency among young adults, according to a new study that illuminates shifts in substance use across early adulthood. The findings imply opportunities for targeted interventions to prevent and treat binge drinking, a behavior linked to a range of negative consequences, including alcohol use disorder (AUD) and high economic costs.
The most common type of liver cancer in children, hepatoblastoma, surprisingly appears to contain many immune cells from a type that has long been overlooked. This is according to a study by researchers at the Princess Máxima Center and UMC Utrecht. The discovery of these myeloid cells in liver tumors unveils new avenues for treatment.
A study conducted at Tel Aviv University and Dana Dwek Children's Hospital in Tel Aviv found that disease can be prevented in children with obesity by maintaining a low percentage of fat in the liver. The researchers used innovative methods to examine 31 Israeli children with obesity, in an attempt to understand why some have developed illnesses as a result of their excess weight—while others remain healthy (so far).
A new international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified a genetic factor that may explain why some patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver experience more severe liver damage after chemotherapy.
More than 1 million people a year are now being referred by general practitioners (GPs) to social prescribing services, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a comprehensive atlas of genetic coding sequences in both healthy adult hearts and those with heart failure, a resource that has the potential to improve the understanding of heart health and inform the development of new therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease, as detailed in a recent study published in Circulation.
A new study from the Department of Psychology at Durham University has found that identity distress (difficulty forming a cohesive identity) could be behind the higher rates of poor mental health experienced by autistic people.
Does walking influence how people process sensory information, like sounds, from the environment? In a new JNeurosci paper, researchers led by Liyu Cao, from Zhejiang University, and Barbara Händel, from University of Würzburg, explored whether walking direction influences how people process sounds.
As we mark the first anniversary of flooding from Hurricane Helene that devastated parts of North Carolina, the anesthesia department at the Medical University of South Carolina is sharing how it responded to one effect of that flooding: the disruption of the IV fluid supply chain.
In the dry, isolated area of Karamoja in northeastern Uganda—the country's poorest sub-region—children have long suffered from malnutrition and water shortages.
Lung cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers worldwide, with survival rates stubbornly low despite advances in surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. But a new discovery may change the way doctors approach treatment.
Depression and anxiety disorders are among the most widespread mental health disorders, with estimates suggesting that they affect around 264 million and 284 million people worldwide, respectively. Depression is a mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness and a loss of interest in everyday activities, while anxiety disorders are marked by high levels of nervousness, worry and fear, either in specific situations or generalized.
British adults eat just 18g of dietary fiber daily, far below the recommended 30g, putting millions at risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and colorectal cancer.
She has helped robots learn to get around indoors and pick up balls from the ground. And she has developed computer programs to monitor traffic at intersections.
Beyond the sneezing and itchy eyes, high pollen seasons are now linked to a significant increase in suicide risk.
The most basic assumption about how psychedelic medicine works is at least partially flawed: Psychedelics are altering not just a few specific brain cells, but the vast majority of them, according to a new University of Michigan study published in Molecular Psychiatry.