_ Addiction & Substance OveruseNew Policy Statements Urge Strong Regulations of E-Cigarettes By thirdAGE articleParents 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 HealthA Better Understanding of Alcoholism By articleA cure for alcoholism and other addiction could be closer to realization thanks to researchers’ discovery of a neuron that … Read More→
Addiction & Substance Overuse Medical Care prescription medicinesTeaching Clinicians Safe Opioid Prescribing By articleEducating clinicians on how to prescribe opioids safely can help decrease opioid misuse among chronic pain sufferers. That’s the finding … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse Vision HealthThirdAge Health Close-Up: Smoking and Your Eyesight By articleEditor’s note: Smoking is the leading, preventable cause of death and disease in the U.S. Each year tobacco use kills … Read More→
Addiction & Substance Overuse Lung Cancer Mental & Emotional Health Positive AttitudeStrengthening Self-Control Is Better Than a “Quit Date” to Kick the Smoking Habit By articleThe 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 Adprime Admin articleThe over 50s who are “successful agers”– healthy, active, sociable, and well off–are more at risk of harmful drinking than … Read More→
_ Alcoholism and Drug AbuseAlcohol Awareness Month: How Much Are You Drinking? By articleEditor’s 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 CareDoctors and Drug-Abuse Monitoring By articleThere are a number of databases that track drug prescriptions, but physicians aren’t using them as much as they should, … Read More→
_ Alcoholism and Drug AbuseThe Drug/Alcohol Combination: Are You Putting Yourself in Danger? By articleAlthough it’s well known that certain drugs can interact with each other (that’s why it’s important that health-care providers know … Read More→
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_ Alcoholism and Drug AbuseShould You Rethink How You Drink? By articleDeveloping alcoholism isn’t something that happens overnight. According to the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAA), which has … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance OveruseA Possible Treatment for Binge Drinking By Jane Farrell articleScientists 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 OveruseDrug Abuse Among Seniors By Adprime Admin articleBy 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.