High-fructose corn syrup is the main ingredient in most wine coolers and this can promote harmful alcohol consumption, according to a University of Guelph study. High-fructose corn syrup is appro...
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The Task Force for Global Health’s Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) recently launched a project that aims to improve health outcomes of mothers and babies who suffer from opioid addiction....
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The Trump Administration’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) said Monday its latest report shows the program is continuing to reduce youth substance use. In the 2020 Drug-Free Commu...
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Purdue University’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies, in partnership with Ivy Tech Community College’s Human Services program, recently created an optional addiction studies conc...
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recently awarded Johns Hopkins University $774,845 in funding to support its drug use and addiction research The university’s research aims to discover...
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A national medical organization’s focus group on the opioid epidemic issued a list of policies and procedures Friday to protect the health of substance use disorder patients in the midst of the COVI...
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Patients and health care providers are reluctant to pursue cognitive behavioral therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) out of fear that discussing traumatic events during therapy will cause...
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While preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that drug overdose deaths increased in 2019 by nearly five percent, health officials fear 2020 will prove to be eve...
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A new poll from the Siena College Research Institute (SCRI) found that 59 percent of New Yorkers have been affected by the opioid crisis. This is a 5 percent increase from 2018. The poll of New Yor...
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As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across the country, millions of Americans face an unparalleled health insurance crisis. The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to job losses fo...
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Pennsylvania’s Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) recently became the first state partner and one of three founding partners to support a national strategy to end the stigma of addiction...
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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center has been chosen as one of the sites for a clinic study for the National Institutes of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative. The study wi...
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Tufts University recently awarded $150,000 in seed funding to eight research projects addressing the challenges of the opioid epidemic. The awardees include faculty and staff at Tufts schools or T...
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Recently released data indicates that overdose deaths in 2019 rose past the peak of overdose deaths in America seen in 2017. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) said on Wednesday that preliminary data from th...
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently adopted a revised regulation concerning patient records for those with substance use disorder. The Confidentiality of...
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Opioid deaths in Missouri showed a decline in 2019, the first time in four years, the opioid death rate has fallen. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, opioid death...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently gave Maine’s The Jackson Laboratory $212,500 for substance-use-disorder research. Funding is through HHS’ National Institute o...
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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WV DHHR) recently named the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, the state’s fi...
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The Utah State University Health Extension: Advocacy, Research, & Teaching (HEART) Initiative team will be honored in October for its approach to the opioid epidemic. The team will be honored durin...
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Certain combinations of muscle relaxants and opioid prescriptions are safe while others increase the risk of opioid overdose, a study by the University of Florida College of Pharmacy discovered. Sk...
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