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Herion Addicts Use "Emergency Naloxone" To Save Themselves From Fatal Overdose
Lives have been saved by giving drug users an antidote to treat others who overdose, a study has shown. Trials were so successful that the measure has been introduced at the Maudsley Hospital in London. The professor leading the work estimated it could prevent half of all deaths from heroin overdose. more |
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National Institute On Drug Abuse Research Report: Herion Abuse And Addiction
Although heroin abuse has trended downward during the past couple of years, its prevalence is still higher than in the early 1990s.
These relatively high rates of abuse, together with the significant heroin abuse we are now seeing among school-age youth, the glamorization of heroin in music and films, changing patterns of drug use, and heroin's increased purity and decreased prices, make it imperative that the public have the latest scientific information on this topic.
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Tools For Professionals: Criteria For Substance Dependence Diagnosis
This tool for the health professional presents information from past and present DSM manuals plus explores criteria from ICD-10 on the topic of substance dependence diagnosis. All information is arranged in an easy-to-read format, so professionals can get the knowledge they need at-a-glance. more |
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Doctors, Patients Face Different Barriers To Clinical Trials
Cancer clinical trials have brought enormous advances in the areas of cancer prevention,
treatment and diagnosis. However, less than 5 percent of adults diagnosed with cancer each year will get treated through
enrollment in a clinical trial. With broader enrollment, the effort to find new and better ways to treat and prevent
cancer might be swifter. more |
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Study Sheds Light on Widespread Use Of Experimental Biopsy Technique
Women with breast cancer have the
greatest chance of survival if the tumor has not spread into the
lymph nodes under the arm or beyond. Standard therapy for breast
cancer involves removing the tumor as well as most of the underarm,
or axillary, nodes to examine them for cancer cells. This procedure
is associated with complications in the majority of women who have
the nodes removed. more |
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