Addiction Medicine
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Can Weight Loss Drugs Also Treat Addiction?
The study highlights the importance of interdisciplinary research in understanding the neurobiological links between metabolic disorders and...
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Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease’s Changing Demographics
Recent data have identified three demographic groups experiencing higher rates of ALD relative to previous periods and who may therefore require...
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Regularly Drinking Alcohol After Age 60 Linked to Early Death
High-risk drinking was linked to a 33% increased risk of early death, a 39% increased risk of dying from cancer, and a 21% increased risk of dying...
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When Is Sexual Behavior Out of Control?
Feeling less shame, fear, and secrecy may facilitate safer choices about sex, as well as testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections...
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‘Emerging Threat’ Xylazine Use Continues to Spread Across the United States
The drug, which is increasingly mixed with fentanyl, often fails to respond to the opioid overdose reversal...
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What Toxic Stress Can Do to Health
Stress from adverse childhood experiences, which can have endocrine and other impacts, may be treated with a multidisciplinary team.
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Next Gen Smart Pills Could Transform Personalized Care
New smart pills suggest real-time, individual tracking could be a reality for patients.
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Bariatric Surgery Doesn’t Improve Mental Health in Teens
Despite improvements in weight, cardiometabolic health, and physical quality of life, bariatric surgery is an obesity treatment and improvements...
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New Guideline Offers Recommendations for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
The guidelines note the importance of policy aimed at alcohol use reduction, multidisciplinary care for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-...
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Deaths Linked to Substance Use, CVD on the Rise
Researchers collected data on deaths within the United States where both SU and CVD (SU+CVD) were a contributing or an underlying cause.