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Use of medications for opioid use disorder is associated with a reduction in all-cause and opioid-related mortality after opioid overdose

Meds for Opioid Use Disorder May Reduce Mortality in OD Survivors

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Minority of opioid overdose survivors receive MOUD; buprenorphine, MMT linked to reduced mortality
Cannabis use is associated with psychosis symptoms during adolescence

Cannabis Use Linked to Psychosis Symptoms in Adolescents

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Statistically significant positive cross-lagged links from cannabis use to PS reported 12 months later
For an unselected memory clinic cohort

Amyloid PET Tied to Diagnostic Changes in Memory Clinic Cohort

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Changes in suspected etiology and treatment post-amyloid positron emission tomography
Many high school students are engaged in health-risk behaviors

CDC: Many High School Students Engage in Health-Risk Behaviors

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In 2017, many students engaged in sexual risk behaviors, behaviors associated with chronic disease
The American Medical Association recently adopted a policy aimed at improving physician access to mental health care in response to physician depression

AMA Vows to Improve Access for Docs Seeking Mental Health Care

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New policy recommends state licensing boards to only inquire about current conditions
The six-minute walk distance test is useful in identifying patients with a higher likelihood of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction following cardiac surgery

Walk Test IDs Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction Post Cardiac Surgery

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Preoperative 6-minute walk distance linked to POCD risk in older adults undergoing cardiac surgery
Binge drinking in adolescence may prevent girls from reaching their peak bone mass

Binge Drinking Tied to Poorer Bone Health in Young Females

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Findings seen among teen girls and young adult women who binge drink frequently
The first generic version of an under-the-tongue film to treat opioid addiction has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves First Generic Under-the-Tongue Suboxone

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May only be prescribed by Drug Addiction Treatment Act-certified prescribers
From 2000 to 2016 there was a 30 percent increase in the age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States

CDC: U.S. Suicide Rate Rose 30 Percent From 2000 to 2016

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Increase of about 1 percent per year from 2000 to 2006, about 2 percent per year from 2006 to 2016
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's 2014 ruling to reschedule hydrocodone combination products coincided with an increase in illicit trading of opioids through online illicit markets (cryptomarkets)

Illicit Opioid Trade Up With Restrictions on Hydrocodone

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2014 ruling to reschedule hydrocodone combo products coincided with rise in cryptomarket trade