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NPR Poll: Rural Americans Are Worried About Addiction And Jobs, But Remain Optimistic
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/16/656900971/npr-poll-rural-americans-are-worried-about-addiction-and-jobs-but-remain-optimis Comment; An overview of what rural Americans think according to an NPR poll. It covers a lot more than just economy &...
How to recognize, treat video game addiction
https://www.wthr.com/article/how-recognize-treat-video-game-addiction Comment; The definition of addiction; "continued use despite adverse consequences" can apply to so many different things! Play Video Video game addiction How Fortnite plays into gaming disorder...
Managing Comorbid Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorder
https://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/opioid-addiction/alcohol-use-disorder-opioid-use-disorder/article/804276/ Comment; Naltrexone is used to treat both alcohol & opioid use disorder. I didn't see mention of buprenorphine on this population. I'd like more...
Alcohol-related liver disease patients need more care, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-alcohol-related-liver-disease-patients.html Comment; It's not to surprising that alcoholics need more care--be it from liver disease, falls, fractures or just age-related "wear and tear". They tend to not take life to seriously,...
Stigma Surrounds Addiction Treatment for Pregnant People in Indian Country
https://rewire.news/article/2018/10/16/stigma-surrounds-addiction-treatment-for-pregnant-people-in-indian-country/ Comment; It's great that they're taking a more proactive approach to this deadly disease. It's a disease. Incarceration does not work for disease...
Addiction Policy and Unintended Consequences
https://www.asam.org/about-us/about-asam/asam-in-the-news/asam-weekly-editorial-comment/2018/10/22/addiction-policy-and-unintended-consequences? Comment; Dr. Haning raises interesting points regarding roots of addiction, but if this were 100% accurate we should NOT...
Combustible and Electronic Tobacco and Marijuana Products in Hip-Hop Music Videos, 2013-2017
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2706175 Comment; Combustible and electronic tobacco and marijuana use frequently occurred in popular hip-hop music videos. This only seems to encourage such use & behavior; it's not in the...
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Comparison of the Genotoxic Effects Induced by 50 Hz Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields and 1800 MHz Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields in GC-2 Cells
http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1667/RR13851.1 Comment; Results clearly demonstrate that both ELF-EMF and RF-EMF have potential genotoxicity under the same conditions but that the underlying mechanism is different. The difference may be attributed to the different...
He Got Schizophrenia. He Got Cancer. And Then He Got Cured.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/schizophrenia-psychiatric-disorders-immune-system.html Comment; NeuroImmunology is fascinating. Who would have thought that minocycline and probiotics would help mania and other psychiatric illnesses? We have so much...
2016 Fibromyalgia RAMSAY: RESEARCH TEAM 1 UPDATE
https://solvecfs.org/2016-ramsay-research-team-1-update/ Comment; Interesting research. The caudate nucleus is one of the structures that make up the dorsal striatum, which is a component of the basal ganglia.[1] While the caudate nucleus has long been associated...
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