Addiction Medicine
News
Multistate opioid crackdown nets indictment against seven physicians
“Today’s takedown targets medical providers across the country whose greed drove them to abandon this responsibility in favor of criminal profits...
Conference Coverage
Substance use disorders increase risk for death from COVID-19
“We’ve been worried about seeing what consequences SARS-CoV-2 was going to have on users of these substances, especially in light of the great...
News
Mental illness tied to COVID-19 breakthrough infection
“Individuals with psychiatric disorders “should be prioritized for booster vaccinations and other critical preventive efforts.”
News
Postpartum HCV treatment rare in infected mothers with opioid use disorder
While HCV screening and diagnosis rates varied across states, postpartum follow-up rates were universally low.
News
Heavy drinking in your 20s has lasting impact on cancer risk
People generally do not expect their heavy drinking in early adulthood to affect their cancer risk many years later.
Pharmacology
Drug Overdose Suicide Rates: Down, But Also Up
Original Research
Examining Interventions and Adverse Events After Nonfatal Opioid Overdoses in Veterans
A retrospective study followed patients with a nonfatal opioid overdose to aid in the identification of risk factors for mortality.
News
Mindfulness intervention curbs opioid misuse, chronic pain
“There are really only upsides to the group visit model and I think we’ll be seeing quite a bit more of it in the future,” said Dr. Nancy Sudak....
News
Opioid deaths in North America predicted to soar
A rising trajectory of deaths was evident in both the United States and Canada before the pandemic hit.
News
E-cigarettes don’t help smokers quit, suggests new research
Use of e-cigarettes did not appear to prevent former smokers from relapsing to standard cigarettes.