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Marijuana Users Have 16 Percent Lower Fasting Insulin Levels Compared To Non-Users
Regular marijuana use is associated with favorable indices related to diabetic control, say investigators. They found that current marijuana users had significantly lower fasting insulin and were less likely to be insulin resistant, even after excluding patients with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Their findings are reported in the current issue of The American Journal of Medicine... (Medical News Today)

Could Marijuana Lower Diabetes Risk?
Regular marijuana use is linked to advantageous indices related to diabetic control, according to a new study in The American Journal of Medicine. The research found that current marijuana users had considerably lower fasting insulin and had a lower probability of being insulin resistant, even after excluding patients with diabetes mellitus... (Medical News Today)

Critical Need For Intervention For Brazil's Crack Users
A Brazilian investigative team, collaborating with a Simon Fraser University researcher, is citing an urgent need for targeted interventions among young crack users in cities throughout Brazil, identified as the world's biggest crack market, and further research to better address the problem... (Medical News Today)

Targeting Frequent Health Care Users With Severe Addictions
A program co-led by St. Michael's Hospital could be the next widely used model to treat patients who are frequent users of the health care system and have severe addictions, often complicated by homelessness and mental health problems... (Medical News Today)

Doctors Should Screen Adults For Alcohol Misuse, Task Force Recommends
Regular checkups at the doctor's generally concentrate on physical symptoms like pain or illness - now experts are recommending that annual visits to the doctor should also serve as a routine check on mental health and risky behaviors such as alcohol misuse. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force examined whether alcohol screening would be advantageous to a person's overall health... (Medical News Today)

Human Testing Of Anti-Cocaine Vaccine Likely Within A Year
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested their novel anti-cocaine vaccine in primates, bringing them closer to launching human clinical trials... (Medical News Today)

Cocaine Vaccine Close To Human Clinical Trials
A novel anti-cocaine vaccine has been successfully tested in primates, suggesting that human clinical trials are not far off, according to new research by Weill Cornell Medical College... (Medical News Today)

Depression In Adulthood May Be Linked To Parental Addictions During Childhood
The offspring of parents who were addicted to drugs or alcohol are more likely to be depressed in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers... (Medical News Today)

The Ability To Beat Built-In Bias Reflected By Theta Brainwaves
Vertebrates are predisposed to act to gain rewards, and to lay low to avoid punishment. Try to teach chickens to back away from food in order to obtain it, and you'll fail, as researchers did in 1986. But (some) humans are better thinkers than chickens... (Medical News Today)

Call For Hospitals To Establish Drug, Alcohol Tests For Physicians
To improve patient safety, hospitals should randomly test physicians for drug and alcohol use in much the same way other major industries in the United States do to protect their customers. The recommendation comes from two Johns Hopkins physicians and patient safety experts in a commentary published online recently in The Journal of the American Medical Association... (Medical News Today)

Heroin Vaccine Blocks Relapse In Preclinical Study
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have reported successful preclinical tests of a new vaccine against heroin. The vaccine targets heroin and its psychoactive breakdown products in the bloodstream, preventing them from reaching the brain... (Medical News Today)

Teen Smokers May Be At Greater Risk Of Marijuana Addiction
Teen smokers who rationalize their use of cigarettes by saying, "At least, I'm not doing drugs," may not always be able to use that line. New research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC, supports the theory that cigarettes are a gateway drug to marijuana... (Medical News Today)

Twitter Analysis Reveals Abuse Of Adderall As College Study Aid
A growing number of college students are abusing the ADHD medication Adderall to give them an academic edge, and they're tweeting about it. Thanks to Twitter, tracking roughly when and where Adderall use happens is now possible. So a group of BYU health science and computer science researchers did just that... (Medical News Today)

Weekend Binge Drinking Could Lead To Lasting Liver Damage
Long after a hangover, a night of bad decisions might take a bigger toll on the body than previously understood. Described in the current issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, a study at the University of Missouri has revealed a unique connection between binge drinking and the risk for developing alcoholic liver disease and a variety of other health problems... (Medical News Today)

Quitting Meth Addiction Less Successful In Teen Girls Than Boys
A UCLA-led study of adolescents receiving treatment for methamphetamine dependence has found that girls are more likely to continue using the drug during treatment than boys, suggesting that new approaches are needed for treating meth abuse among teen girls... (Medical News Today)

Women Who Drink Alcohol Before Pregnancy Less Likely To Take Multivitamins
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, a research affiliate of UC San Diego School of Medicine, have found a link between multivitamin use and alcohol consumption before pregnancy, uncovering a need for education about the importance of vitamin supplementation, particularly among women who drink ... (Medical News Today)

Global Perspective On Integrating Mental Health
The first article in a landmark series to help health care workers and providers, donors, and decision makers understand the importance of including mental health care in global health programs is being published in this week's PLOS Medicine... (Medical News Today)

Drinking To Alleviate Mood Symptoms Associated With Alcohol Dependence
JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Rosa M. Crum, M.D., M.H.S., of the Johns Hopkins Health Institutions, Baltimore, Md., and colleagues examined whether self-medicating mood symptoms is associated with the increased probability of the onset and persistence of alcohol dependence. The study included a nationally representative sample of the U.S... (Medical News Today)

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... (Medical News Today)

Discovery Could Eventually Lead To Drugs That Disrupt The Interaction Between Alcohol And The Brain
Thanks to a rare bacteria that grows only on rocks in the Swiss Alps, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the Pasteur Institute in France have been the first to identify how alcohol might affect key brain proteins. It's a major step on the road to eventually developing drugs that could disrupt the interaction between alcohol and the brain... (Medical News Today)

Roadside Breath Testing For Drugs A Step Closer
A group of researchers from Sweden have provided further evidence that illegal drugs can be detected in the breath, opening up the possibility of a roadside breathalyzer test to detect substances such as cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis... (Medical News Today)

Research Shows Early Dialogue Between Parents And Children Most Effective In Deterring Teen Tobacco, Alcohol Use
Early, substantive dialogue between parents and their grade-school age children about the ills of tobacco and alcohol use can be more powerful in shaping teen behavior than advertising, marketing or peer pressure, a University of Texas at Arlington marketing researcher has shown... (Medical News Today)

One Quarter Of Teens Drive Under The Influence
Nearly one in every four American teenagers drives under the influence, according to a study (survey) published by Liberty Mutual and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD). The authors added that many teens who were surveyed believe driving under the influence does not affect their safety... (Medical News Today)

Alcohol And Weight Affect Women's Risk Of Getting And Dying From Liver Disease
Congress delegates heard this week about a study that showed the deadly effect that high alcohol intake and excess body weight can have on women's chances of developing and dying from chronic liver disease. The researchers analyzed data from over 107,000 women across the United Kingdom to find out how weight and alcohol consumption affect the liver... (Medical News Today)

Psychedelic Drugs Use Remains Prevalent In The United States
In their article "Over 30 million psychedelic users in the United States", Teri S Krebs and Pal-Orjan Johansen from the Department of Neuroscience at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, use data from a randomly-selected sample of over 57,000 individuals surveyed for the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), to estimate lifetime prevalence of psychedelic use... (Medical News Today)

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