Alcoholism

5 Things Physicians Should Know About Pediatric Heart Failure

Updated: 2024-08-30 16:05:34

Pediatric heart failure is a progressive and life-threatening condition that can have a high mortality rate. Fortunately, thanks to new therapies now available, many children can recover--but this condition needs early recognition and treatment.

---

UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine collaborate on first CDC Injury Control Research Center in Southwest, established to study injury and violence prevention

Updated: 2024-08-30 05:40:43

The only Injury Control Research Center in Texas has been established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at UTHealth Houston in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine.

---

Physical health has its yardsticks. Mental health is still searching for the right ruler

Updated: 2024-08-29 21:05:29

A national initiative led by the National Institutes for Mental Health is now underway to find figurative "rulers" that can accurately measure and compare the quality of the various mental health treatments available.

---

Study evaluates factors associated with delayed time to treatment in multiple myeloma

Updated: 2024-08-29 21:05:27

---

Machine learning predicts which patients will continue taking opioids after hand surgery

Updated: 2024-08-29 18:00:23

A machine learning algorithm performs well in predicting the risk of persistent opioid use after hand surgery, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(r), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

---

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $81.3 Million in Funding to Further Advance the President’s Unity Agenda

Updated: 2024-08-29 04:25:17

Awards including funding to integrate primary and behavioral health care, expand drug treatment court capacity

---

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $65.7 Million in Prevention, Treatment, and Workforce Enhancement Awards and Funding Opportunities to Advance President’s Unity Agenda for the Nation

Updated: 2024-08-26 04:10:44

$27.5 Million Dedicated to Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success

---

Taking a trip down memory lane could be the key to drinking less alcohol

Updated: 2024-08-22 04:59:43

A new study suggests recollecting a previous drinking episode could put women off drinking too much.

---

Study demonstrates effective screening and intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings

Updated: 2024-08-14 04:45:07

A new study could lead to better alcohol use screenings for patients in a primary care setting.

---

Less sleep and later bedtime in childhood linked to future substance use

Updated: 2024-08-13 20:45:47

Adolescents were more likely to have consumed alcohol or tried marijuana by age 15 if they had later bedtimes and slept fewer hours during the night during childhood and adolescence, according to a new study.

---

Alcohol use in older adults doubles risk of brain bleeds from falls

Updated: 2024-08-08 15:52:23

Little is known about the association between the frequency of alcohol use and the severity of injuries sustained after a fall in older adults. A study of 3,128 older adults who underwent an initial head CT scan in the emergency department after head trauma from a fall shows that occasional alcohol use was associated with double the odds of a brain bleed when compared to patients with no alcohol use. Daily alcohol use was associated with 150% increased odds of a brain bleed.

---

Children can inherit early aging symptoms from parents who abuse alcohol, researchers find

Updated: 2024-08-08 15:52:17

Researchers say they now know that offspring are inheriting dysfunction in their mitochondria as a result of their parents' substance abuse. This dysfunction causes these individuals to show early signs of age-related disease when they're still considered young, usually in their 40s.

---

Breaking Language Barriers: HHS Issues Division-Specific Language Access Plans from Across the Department

Updated: 2024-08-08 13:46:56

In November 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) joined agencies across the federal government in prioritizing communication in its services to the public by releasing its department-wide Language Access Plan. With the release of its plan, HHS took a giant step towards ensuring people with limited English proficiency (LEP) and people with disabilities have greater access to the life-saving services that it provides.

---

What happens to your brain when you drink with friends?

Updated: 2024-08-06 17:13:50

Grab a drink with friends at happy hour and you're likely to feel chatty, friendly and upbeat. But grab a drink alone and you may experience feelings of depression. Researchers think they now know why this happens.

---

Current Feed Items | Previous Months Items

Jul 2024 | Jun 2024 | May 2024 | Apr 2024 | Mar 2024 | Feb 2024

Get Feed

• RSS Feed

• Atom Feed

• Get feed as Widget

Add your blog here

Sources

• 6 - Alcoholism News -- ScienceDaily

• 5 - Newswise: MedNews

• 3 - SAMHSA Press Announcements