by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05176-3 Comment; interesting concept, sensible–most folks start drug use while young, “school’s out for summer” means more free time for mischief…
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2019/06/study-finds-increased-cannabis-use-during-pregnancy Comment; Worrisome! I’d love to see some longer-term studies that look at growth and development of the children exposed in-utero to see how it...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/does-marijuana-hurt-or-help-your-brain-scientists-rush-to-study-the-drugs-impact Comment; “…weed is as much about shades of gray as it is about green.” Indeed. From what I’ve seen thus far, am not a fan of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uob-rrl062519.php Comment; Study from the UK showing that we don’t have clear evidence that kids are getting adequate pain relief. What about clinical judgement? I guess that’s inadequate in the UK?...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://elifesciences.org/articles/44056 Comment; I’ll be surprised if this is proven to provide long-term accuracy; I believe it’s an extremely simplistic look at a very complex problem that affects numerous other regions of the brain as the GABA...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.273 Comment; Observations and documentation of what is obvious to many if not most of us. Quantitation would have been more useful. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80(3), 273–281 (2019). ...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://www.cmaj.ca/content/191/27/E753 Comment; Interesting that with women who stop drinking, baseline mental health status is obtained in as little as 4 years for US & Chinese populations. Xiaoxin I. Yao, Michael Y. Ni, Felix Cheung, Joseph T....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
California prisoners can possess pot but not consume it, appeals court rules Comment; Only in California, what more can I say? By NATE GARTRELL | ngartrell@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News GroupPUBLISHED: June 12, 2019 at 9:52 am |...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
https://muhc.ca/newsroom/news/gut-bacteria-associated-chronic-pain-first-time Comment; Something I’ve suspected for a long time, good to see research is panning out in this direction! People with fibromyalgia show variations in microbiome compositionJun 19, 2019...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://www.brown.edu/news/2019-06-17/cold-overdoses Comment; Interesting. I wonder how the author came up with the idea of looking for this correlation–I wouldn’t have expected it. Useful news! While the precise reasons are unclear, an analysis of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44097-3 Comment; Wow, 200-300 minutes, less than 5 hours/week is best for us to be outside, having green areas in the neighborhood is helpful, way to quantitate what we’ve always felt! Mathew P. White, Ian...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/2019/06000/Utility_of_Urine_Drug_Testing_in_Outpatient.5.aspx Comment; Urine Drug Screening/point of care doesn’t always change my care plan initially, but gives a clue as to what’s going on....
