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de ANDRADE/HASTINGS: Tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes: setting a unified research agenda

It is vital that the tobacco control movement agrees a unified strategy to address these developments; amidst all the uncertainty there is one certainty: any divisions will be ruthlessly exploited by vested interest. This taxonomy of harm reduction resea

Events May – June 2013: FASD; history and future of drug and alcohol regulation & more

A number of upcoming events coming up shortly may be of interest: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Evidence, Policy and Practice This week Middlesex University host a free evening seminar: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Evidence, Policy and Practice taking place on Thursday 16 May , 5pm- 7-30pm in North London.

New Studies Prove Lethal Link Between Alcohol, Weight And Liver Disease In Women

Research announced last week at the International Liver CongressTM 2013 has revealed the deadly impact that alcohol and body weight have on liver disease. Women should forgo the wine and doughnuts after a new study found the harmful combination of high alcohol intake and high body mass index (BMI) causes an increased risk of chronic liver disease…

Light Drinking In Pregnancy Unlikely To Cause Development Problems In Childhood

Light drinking during pregnancy is not linked to adverse behavioural or cognitive outcomes in childhood, suggests a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology…

Smoking poses TB risk to young

The link between tobacco consumption and tuberculosis could do for the developing world what lung cancer – among the most commonly cited smoking-related diseases – did in the west: drastically reduce smoking rates.

Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Four-Year Follow-up Study

Abstract Aim To examine the relationship between a childhood diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with or without oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)/conduct disorder (CD) and the development of later alcohol/drug use disorder (psychoactive substance use disorder (PSUD)) and nicotine dependence in a large European sample of ADHD probands, their siblings and healthy control subjects. Participants, DesignSetting Subjects (n=1017) were participants in the Belgian, Dutch and German part of the International Multicenter ADHD Genetics (IMAGE) study.

Philip Morris to Begin Next Round of Studies for New Products

Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) is kicking off a round of clinical studies this year for new tobacco products, with plans to commercialize those products as soon as 2016. In June, the maker of Marlboro and L&M cigarettes sold in markets outside th

Findings Of 2 Important Studies Published In AIDS Journal

The results of two important studies have been published in the March issue of AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society. One study notes that screening for HIV should be performed more frequently – up to every three months for the highest-risk patients, while low-risk groups to be tested every three years…

Increase In Opioid Prescriptions In Germany

More and more opioids are being prescribed for pain relief in Germany. This is the conclusion arrived at by Ingrid Schubert, Peter Ihle, and Rainer Sabatowski, whose study of a sample of inhabitants of the state of Hesse with health insurance from a large statutory provider is published in the latest issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110(4): 45-51)…

Bleeding Strokes Occur At Earlier Age, Independent Of Meth Use, In Native Hawaiians

Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have more bleeding strokes at an earlier age than other people independent of methamphetamine abuse, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2013. “Drug abuse is a huge problem here and it definitely is a cause of hemorrhagic stroke,” said Kazuma Nakagawa, M.D…