A recent survey of the opinions of key stakeholders in two EU Horizon 2020 programs , discussing the barriers and facilitators of PMPs and new plant breeding techniques in Europe, indicated that the current regulatory environment was seen as one of the main barriers to the further development and scale-up of PMP programs . Realizing current…
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Tsai and colleagues provide suggestions for anti-stigma interventions at multiple levels to achieve this goal
Currently about 1 in 5 people with opioid use disorders receive any kind of treatment; if treatment coverage were doubled to 40%, Marks and colleagues’ model suggests that the number of initiations into injection drug use could fall significantly. This is an underappreciated benefit of opioid agonist treatment and underscores its potential public health impact, extending…
The most common comorbidities were hypertension and coronary artery disease
It is important to note that sleep hygiene alone is not efficacious for chronic insomnia. CBT-I should be implemented by a trained provider or web-based program supported by clinical data. In-person CBT-I options are often limited by an insufficient number of trained clinicians, cost/insurance barriers, and time intensity . Recent studies support the use of…
The majority of subjects in this study developed protective HBsAb titers during the course of the study
A standard three-dose vaccination for HBV was delivered by intramuscular injection at day 0, 1 month, and 6 months. Marijuana smokers were admitted overnight to the UCLA General Clinical Research Center for vaccination and given 3 standardized MJ cigarettes to be smoked during the first day and 1 MJ cigarette on the following morning . HBV vaccination occurred…
All follow-up PSU maintained abstinence from all substances except tobacco
A recent review describes deficits related to working memory, visuospatial functions, inhibition, and executive-based functions such as mental flexibility, problem solving, divided attention , and cognitive control . AUD also exhibit worse cognitive efficiency than controls . Of clinical relevance, inhibitory control deficits are greater in actively drinking alcoholics compared to controls and they predict relapse…
Dogs with ADH must have had adrenocortical adenoma or carcinoma on adrenal histology
Prior research shows that individuals insured by Medicaid who have chronic pain diagnoses are more likely than those who are privately insured to receive opioid pain medication, and those with co-morbid mental health and substance use disorders are more likely to receive opioid treatment for chronic pain than those without such diagnoses.Determining the causes of…
The Data Gathering/Sharing subcommittee focuses on the TCAT domain of Technology
Predictors of recurrence and death for UCS and OCS include poorly differentiated epithelial or serous histology, rhabdomyosarcomatous components, advanced stage, Black race, older age, lymphovascular space invasion, and a history of cancer.This study was sized to assess inferiority of PC to PI in subgroups defined by self-reported race or age. We note several important differences…
Housing and income did not change significantly between the study periods measured here
Approximately 56% of participating women had reported being survivors of childhood physical abuse and 32% reported being survivors of childhood sexual abuse. In terms of time-varying study factors, almost half of study participants reported having unmet subsistence needs at baseline, and 49% had slept in a shelter or public place during the 6 months prior…
Patterns were less consistent for adolescents unsure of their gender identity
Adolescent use of electronic vapor products , including electronic cigarettes, vaporizers, and vape pens—with and without nicotine—is an emergent public health epidemic in the U.S.Vaping nicotine during adolescence is associated with increased risk for cigarette smoking initiation and co-use of alcohol, cannabis, and other substances.Vape products not containing nicotine may also have negative health effects,…
Computer-based interventions have a number of advantages over traditional face-to-face interventions
Among owners feeding commercial diets, we found a decrease in the use of grain-free foods, from 22% to 14% among all 128 respondents, after a cancer diagnosis. While this could seem contrary to the concerns of some owners regarding the role of carbohydrate in promoting cancer progression,possible benefits of the low carbohydrate approach have not…