_ Addiction & Substance Overuse New Policy Statements Urge Strong Regulations of E-Cigarettes By Jane Farrell article Parents and grandparents, take note! While adolescent use of tobacco has declined since the 1970s, e-cigarettes are threatening to addict … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Senior Health A Better Understanding of Alcoholism By article A cure for alcoholism and other addiction could be closer to realization thanks to researchersΓÇÖ discovery of a neuron that … Read More→
Addiction & Substance Overuse Medical Care prescription medicines Teaching Clinicians Safe Opioid Prescribing By article Educating clinicians on how to prescribe opioids safely can help decrease opioid misuse among chronic pain sufferers. ThatΓÇÖs the finding … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse Vision Health ThirdAge Health Close-Up: Smoking and Your Eyesight By article EditorΓÇÖs note: Smoking is the leading, preventable cause of death and disease in the U.S.┬á Each year tobacco use kills … Read More→
Addiction & Substance Overuse Lung Cancer Mental & Emotional Health Positive Attitude Strengthening Self-Control Is Better Than a ΓÇ£Quit DateΓÇ¥ to Kick the Smoking Habit By article The desire to quit smoking — often considered a requirement for enrolling in treatment programs — is not always necessary … Read More→
Addiction & Substance Overuse Aging Well "Successful Aging" Linked to Harmful Drinking Aming Over 50s By Jane Farrell article The over 50s who are ΓÇ£successful agersΓÇ¥– healthy, active, sociable, and well off–are more at risk of harmful drinking than … Read More→
_ Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Alcohol Awareness Month: How Much Are You Drinking? By article EditorΓÇÖs Note: April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a good time to increase awareness of the public-health issue that is alcohol … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse Medical Care Doctors and Drug-Abuse Monitoring By article There are a number of databases that track drug prescriptions, but physicians arenΓÇÖt using them as much as they should, … Read More→
_ Alcoholism and Drug Abuse The Drug/Alcohol Combination: Are You Putting Yourself in Danger? By article Although itΓÇÖs well known that certain drugs can interact with each other (thatΓÇÖs why itΓÇÖs important that health-care providers know … Read More→
_ Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Loneliness Retirement Retirees Need Help in Addressing Substance-Abuse Issues By article Researchers say that older Americans suffering from substance abuse often do so not because of retirement alone but because of … Read More→
_ Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Should You Rethink How You Drink? By article Developing alcoholism isnΓÇÖt something that happens overnight. According to the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAA), ┬áwhich has … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse A Possible Treatment for Binge Drinking By Jane Farrell article Scientists have discovered profound changes in proteins that could lead to treatment for alcohol-related liver diseases. The researchers, from the … Read More→
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Addiction & Substance Overuse Drug Abuse Among Seniors By Jane Farrell article By Judy Kirkwood The problem of older adults abusing prescription and illicit drugs hasn’t gotten enough attention says Dr. Gaya Dowling, acting chief of science policy branch at NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse). “When we think of drug abuse, we think of young people,” says Dowling. But there has been an undeniable rise in the number of patients over 50 who require intervention and treatment. Many more remain in the shadows, undiagnosed.