Addiction Medicine
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Smoking Cessation
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Rising injectable drug use among whites may reverse declining HIV infection rates
Shifts in injectable drug use behaviors among whites could threaten years of declining HIV rates in the U.S., according to a federal report.
Article
Preventing weight gain after smoking cessation
About three-quarters of current cigarette smokers want to quit, 40% will attempt to quit annually, and 90% of self-initiated attempts will be...
Article
Surgeon general’s addiction report calls for better integrated care
Physicians must step up prevention efforts and the use of state-of-the-art medicine when treating addiction, according to a new surgeon general’s...
Conference Coverage
Long-term opioid use uncommon among trauma patients
Trauma patients don’t appear to be at an increased risk of long-term opioid use.
Conference Coverage
Experts: Fewer opioids, more treatment laws mean nothing without better access to care
Pressure on physicians to prescribe fewer opioids could have unintended consequences in the absence of adequate access to treatment
CE/CME
October 2016: Click for Credit
Topics include: Autism follow-up screening • Gallstone disease and heart risk • HER2-testing guidelines • Weight loss and TNFi efficacy...
Video
How best to approach urine drug testing (and the one key question to ask)
In this “3 in 3” video, Dr. Edwin A. Salsitz describes when urine drug testing should be done, how best to approach the process, and the one...