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Opioid Dependence can be Treated With a Failed Osteoarthritis Drug

Opioid Dependence can be Treated With a Failed Osteoarthritis Drug

Highlights: Opioid tolerance and its physical dependence can be reduced by a drug that failed to treat osteoarthritis. The drug did not show any efficiency in treating ost...

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'Wonder' Drug Might be Ineffective in Alcohol Use Disorders

'Wonder' Drug Might be Ineffective in Alcohol Use Disorders

Highlights: Baclofen has recently become popular as wonder drug to cure alcoholism and is especially well tolerated since it is predominantly excreted by the kidneys...

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Effects of Tobacco on Women’s Reproductive Health: Hear It From a Renowned Gynaecologist

Effects of Tobacco on Women’s Reproductive Health: Hear It From a Renowned Gynaecologist

Highlights: Smoking and non-smoking forms of tobacco have adverse effects on women’s reproductive health. It can lead to infertility and miscarriage. Quitti...

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Moderate Alcohol Consumption may Damage Brain

Moderate Alcohol Consumption may Damage Brain

Highlights: Alcohol consumption, even at a moderate level is associated with risk of adverse damage in brain structure and function. It is associated with cognitive decline (i.e. ...

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Difficulty in Breathing may Result from Opioid Addiction Medications

Difficulty in Breathing may Result from Opioid Addiction Medications

Highlights Buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid addiction can cause breathing problems in obese patients. Buprenorphine can impair breathing control in obese patients after ...

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Smoking Just 'One' Cigarette May Up Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Smoking Just 'One' Cigarette May Up Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Highlights Smoking just one cigarette can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke Both men and women are doubly at risk of developing cardiovascular disease No safe level ...

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Alcohol Consumption in Late Adolescence can lead to Chronic Liver Disease Later on

Alcohol Consumption in Late Adolescence can lead to Chronic Liver Disease Later on

Highlights Drinking during late adolescence could be the first step towards liver problems in later life. The risk is dose-dependent with no threshold effect and is more pronounce...

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Alcohol Consumption Increases the Risk of Cancer

Alcohol Consumption Increases the Risk of Cancer

Highlights: Drinking alcohol causes permanent DNA damage to blood stem cells thereby increasing cancer risk. The genetic damage is caused by acetaldehyde, a harmful chemical produced ...

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Apple, Tomato Help Repair Damaged Lungs of Ex-smokers

Apple, Tomato Help Repair Damaged Lungs of Ex-smokers

Highlights The natural decline in lung function over a 10-year period was slower among former smokers with a diet high in tomatoes and apples. Adults who on average ate more th...

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New Light Blocking Glasses may provide Relief from Insomnia

New Light Blocking Glasses may provide Relief from Insomnia

Highlights Smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices that are lit by the LEDs, can have a peak wavelength at the blue portion of the screen spectrum By the use of blue lig...

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Long Term Use of Painkillers can Cause Obesity and Sleep Deprivation

Long Term Use of Painkillers can Cause Obesity and Sleep Deprivation

Highlights Painkillers such as gabapentinoids and antidepressants may double the risk of obesity and sleep deprivation Chronic pain medications such as opiates should be prescribe...

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Smoking and Heavy Drinking Could be Linked to Aging Signs

Smoking and Heavy Drinking Could be Linked to Aging Signs

Highlights Heavy drinking and smoking may promote certain physical signs of aging Earlobe creases, arcus corneae, yellow-orange plaques on the eyelids, male pattern baldness are some...

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Ibuprofen may Treat Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Ibuprofen may Treat Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Highlights Anti-inflammatory drug such as ibuprofen can help delay harmful effects of alcohol on the baby’s brain Ibuprofen can reduce neuroinflammation and behavioural signs of ...

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Amazonian Drug Associated With a Sense of Well-Being

Amazonian Drug Associated With a Sense of Well-Being

Highlights: Ayahuasca may be linked to well-being. It is also related to lesser problematic alcohol use. Ayahuasca is a traditional Amazonian drug. An Amazonian drug called ...

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New Targets Identified to Minimize Alcoholic Liver Disease’s Ill Effects

New Targets Identified to Minimize Alcoholic Liver Disease’s Ill Effects

Highlights Inhibition of hepatic microRNA-34a (miR-34a) and it's expression may help reduce liver injury and liver fibrosis in ALD patients Chronic alcohol consumption can cau...

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