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Link Between Cannabis Use Disorder and Higher Complications After Spinal Surgery

Cannabis use disorder is associated with increased complication rates, including substantially increased risks of stroke and respiratory complications, reports a study in Spine. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. ...

Consuming Caffeine During Pregnancy Linked to Smaller Babies

Study reveals that consuming caffeine as little as half a cup of coffee a day during pregnancy on an average results in slightly smaller babies than when caffeine is not consumed. Mothers with less than 200 mg caffeine intake per day (two cups ...

Androgenic Steroids Hasten Brain Aging

AAS, which are widely used to enhance athletic performance or build muscle, can make brain to age prematurely, as per the report that appears in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging , published by Elsevier. "Anabolic ...

Medical Cannabis May Reduce Tremors

Medical cannabis may help reduce nerve activity and thereby the involuntary shaking that results in tremors, as discovered by the researchers from the Department of Neuroscience at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Cannabinoids ...

Opioid Use Linked to High Suicide Intent

New study from Illinois finds that opioid use in youth is associated with mental health issues and other substance use. Allen Barton, lead author, says, "The societal and personal costs of opioid misuse are massive. There's been a lot of ...

Impact of Alcohol Consumption and Old Age Before Conception

New research provides evidence that older age and alcohol consumption in the year leading up to conception could have an impact fetal development by altering a specific gene epigenetically during the development of oocytes (human eggs). ...

Online Platforms Help Reduce the Harm of Drug Use

Online platforms serve as a kind of 'gateway' for people with problematic drug use to receive a wider range of qualified help. New study authors concluded that remote work in this field should be developed and built upon in an ongoing ...

Opioid Overdose May Cause Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

Opioid overdose is a significant cause of death from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests among adults of age 25 to 64, as per a scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published in the Association's flagship journal Circulation. ...

Steroid Abuse Impairs Testicular Function

Illegal use of anabolic steroids could cause dangerous side effects during use and can harm men's testicular function years after they stop abusing steroids, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical ...

Opioid Overdose Down in Patients Taking Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine can protect opioid users from overdosing, even when such patients also take benzodiazepines, such as Valium, Xanax and Ativan, as per researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study is published ...

Cannabis Use Linked to Rebound Headaches in Migraine Patients

Research shows that using cannabis for migraine headache relief may be associated with rebound headache or medication overuse headache (MOH). Chronic migraine is the occurrence of 15 or more headache days per month. MOH occurs when pain ...

Reducing Use Of Opioids Post-Surgery

After a major surgery, a new prescribing guideline tailored to patients' specific needs reduced the number of opioid pills prescribed. The researchers reported greater than 90 percent patient satisfaction rate with pain management and the highest ...

Opioid Use Costs $14 Billion for Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Majority of Americans suffering with knee osteoarthritis use opioids to relieve pain, which would cost about $14 billion in lifetime or nearly $0.5 billion annually. Although guidelines do not recommend use of opioids to manage pain for ...

Stopping Steroids In Low Risk Kidney Transplant Patients

A 15-year follow-up of a randomized trial showed that low-to moderate-risk kidney transplant patients treated with corticosteroids as part of immunosuppressive regimen did not show significant reductions in the risk of allograft failure or patient ...

Teens More Likely to Use Marijuana After Legalization

New report states that since the legalization of marijuana for adult recreational use in 2016, Californian adolescents may be more likely to use marijuana. "The apparent increase in marijuana use among California adolescents is surprising ...

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