CDC: More People Die After Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them Not yet clear if shift toward smoking fentanyl reduces mortality Feb 15, 2024
E-Cigs Show Some Benefit as Smoking Cessation Aid in Clinical Trial More people able to abstain from smoking tobacco than after traditional counseling alone Feb 14, 2024
Doing Away With Needle Exchange Programs Won't Prevent Drug Use This is where the principle of harm reduction becomes important Feb 11, 2024
No Survival Benefit to Higher Intranasal Naloxone Dose Moreover, opioid withdrawal signs were more prevalent with the 8-mg dose vs the 4-mg dose Feb 09, 2024
Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websites Researchers searched for terms including "alcoholic," "alcoholism," and "alcohol abuse" Feb 08, 2024
Death Penalty Position Statement; Depression and Body Temp; New APA Medical Director News and commentary from the psychiatry world Feb 07, 2024
Smokers Who Quit and Stick With It See Greatest Reduction in Cancer Risk Cessation at any age proved helpful for lowering cancer risk Feb 06, 2024
What to Know About Nitazenes, a Class of Potent Synthetic Opioids This unapproved drug class is turning up in more overdose deaths across the country Feb 05, 2024
As Investors Pile Into Psychedelics, Idealism Gives Way to Pharma Economics Challenges abound for the burgeoning sector Feb 05, 2024
Rudest Doctor's Office Behavior; Disease Spread by Dog Poop; Defining Sobriety Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Feb 05, 2024
HHS Expands Access to Methadone, Buprenorphine Updates to 20-year-old rules allow take-home methadone, treatment initiation via telehealth Feb 02, 2024
Elmo's Wellness Check; Med Schools Overlook Training on Suicide; Religious Trauma News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 31, 2024
Drug-Related Endocarditis: A First Stab at Recommendations for Surgeons STS consensus statement on ethics, surgical criteria, transcatheter debulking Jan 30, 2024
Amid Overdose Surge, Oregon Lawmakers Backpedal on Drug Decriminalization Bill would not affect state's legalization of cannabis or psychedelic mushrooms, however Jan 24, 2024
Opioid Exposure in Womb Tied to Kids' Risk for Eczema, Dermatitis, and Asthma No link between prenatal exposure and risk for autoimmune conditions, however Jan 18, 2024
Subclasses of Steatotic Liver Disease Can Help Determine Prognosis Risk of liver decompensation increased progressively when alcohol intake came into play Jan 18, 2024
Certain Cancer Survivors More Likely to Have Substance Use Disorder Prevalence particularly high in those recently diagnosed with head and neck and cervical cancers Jan 17, 2024
DSM's Undisclosed Industry Ties; Antipsychotic Heart Risks; FOMO and Phone Addiction News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 17, 2024
Can Childhood Trauma Prime Brain Dynamics for Nicotine Dependence? Emotional dysregulation mediates relationship between childhood trauma, brain dynamics Jan 12, 2024
Why Are So Many Americans Dying of COVID? 'Gas-Station Heroin;' Measles Outbreak Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 11, 2024
Weekly Risperidone Win; Meta Hides Harmful Teen Content; Breathing to Altered State? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 10, 2024
We've Done Away With a Critical Source of Drug Use Data It's time to bring back the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) survey Jan 08, 2024
Doctors Are as Vulnerable to Addiction as Anyone California grapples with a response to physicians struggling with addiction Jan 07, 2024
Xylazine Not Just a Problem in the Northeast, Study Finds States reporting at least one xylazine-related overdose death rose over 3 years Jan 05, 2024
Ethics of Palliative Psychiatry; 4-Year Lybalvi Data; 'Dry January' Psych Benefits News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 03, 2024
Groups Blast FDA's Opioid Abuse Surveillance Proposal RADARS system's ties to Purdue Pharma undermine the reliability of its data, they say Jan 03, 2024
U.S. Attempts to Get Its Xylazine Problem Under Control If a bill to schedule the veterinary sedative becomes law, will that be enough? Dec 30, 2023
Autism Aggression Sensor; Psychiatry Top Telehealth Spender; Mid-Stage Wins, Losses News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 27, 2023
Mind of the 'Maestro': Inside the Head of Leonard Bernstein Psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan, MD, on the great composer's complex inner life Dec 27, 2023
988 Lifeline Getting Mostly Good Reviews But call routing and adequate staffing remain issues Dec 26, 2023
Matthew Perry's Cause of Death; Woman's 'Abuse of a Corpse' Charge; HIV in Girls Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Dec 18, 2023
Experts Highlight Drug Overdose Deaths Among Seniors During Senate Hearing Early CDC data suggest the problem is worsening Dec 14, 2023
Cats and Schizophrenia; FDA to Review MDMA PTSD Treatment; Yogurt to Destress? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 13, 2023
Ways to Strengthen Treatment for Substance Use Disorder Integrating mental health, education in schools, and family involvement are a start, says expert Dec 07, 2023 video
Alarming Mpox Surge; Plan to Redo Lead Pipes Nationwide; Overdoses Reach High in SF Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Dec 07, 2023
GOP Presidential Candidates Spar Over Transgender Care and Fentanyl Policy The Affordable Care Act and healthcare competition also were discussed at the final GOP debate Dec 07, 2023
Another Mid-Stage Psychedelic Win; Gun Suicides Reach High; Magnetic Seizure Therapy News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 06, 2023
Doc Set Home on Fire? High Blood Pressure in Couples; WHO: Raise Alcohol, Soda Taxes Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Dec 06, 2023
U.S. Suicides Hit Record High; FDA Reviews Schizophrenia Drug; Psychology of Misinfo News and commentary from the psychiatry world Nov 29, 2023
