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Vivitrol For Opioid Dependence Showed Sustained Efficacy Over 18 Months

Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) has presented positive results from a long-term study of VIVITROL® (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension) at the 24th Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress in Las Vegas, NV…

New Long-Term Data On VIVITROL Showed Sustained Efficacy And Safety Over 18 Months Of Treatment

Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) presented positive results from a long-term study of VIVITROL® (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension) at the 24th Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress in Las Vegas, NV…

Life Expectancy For European Women Is Longer Than For Men, But Not Better

European women live longer than men, because of both biological and behavioral advantages, but women’s longer lives are not necessarily healthy lives. Studies commented on by Dr Vannuzzo at the ESC Congress 2011, show that due to increase in tobacco and in women, the gender gap is decreasing…

STIER: Do snus and e-cigarettes need a health warning?: Harm reduction guides the US FDA’s approach to new tobacco products – a better way than the…

In a significant move in 2009, the US Congress granted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to regulate tobacco products.

Q&A: Former FDA Commissioner talks about tobacco

More than 15 years have passed since David Kessler first worked to regulate the tobacco industry as a Food and Drug Administration commissioner . . .

“E-Cigarette or Drug Delivery Device?” : Schroeder Institute Researchers Raise Questions About Safety, Usage and Future Implications of New…

Devices marketed as “electronic cigarettes” are in reality crude drug delivery systems for refined nicotine, posing unknown risks with little new benefits to smokers, according to tobacco control experts. In a “Perspective” published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from the Legacy’s Steven A.

Dispatch: A Friend Of The Court — And Of Addicted Smokers : > Facts & Fears > ACSH

ACSH is joining several public health and interest groups as an amicus, or friend of the court, to appeal the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to treat e-cigarettes as drug delivery systems rather than as tobacco products. .

Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity

The aim of this paper is to present a concise account of the history, mission, structure and some recent achievements of the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Created by the US Congress 40 years ago, the NIAAA has evolved from an entity charged mainly with building a national system of alcoholism treatment services to one with responsibility for developing, nurturing and supporting the biomedical and behavioral science foundation necessary to reduce the significant domestic and global public health impact of alcohol use disorders.

New Insights Into Treatment Options For Patients Suffering From Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Results from two French studies presented at the International Liver CongressTM 2010 press conference will help inform clinical practice in the treatment of patients with severe or acute alcoholic hepatitis…

New Insights Into Treatment Options For Patients Suffering From Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Results from two French studies presented at the International Liver CongressTM 2010 press conference will help inform clinical practice in the treatment of patients with severe or acute alcoholic hepatitis…