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A neuromarker for drug and food craving distinguishes drug users from non-users [PDF]

Nature Neuroscience, 2021
Abstract Craving is a core feature of substance use disorders and a strong predictor of relapse. It is linked to polysubstance use, overeating, pathological gambling, and other maladaptive behaviors. Despite its utility, craving measures are based on self-report, with associated limitations related to introspective access and variability across
Leonie Koban, Tor D. Wager, Hedy Kober
openaire   +4 more sources

Family burden in injecting versus noninjecting opioid users

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2013
Background: A substance-dependent person in the family affects almost all aspects of family life that also impact the lives of the significant others and causes enormous burden.
Naresh Nebhinani, B N Anil, Surendra Kumar Mattoo, Debasish Basu   +3 more
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The power of people who use drugs as mass media influencers in changing public opinion during the global overdose epidemic

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Thousands of people have lost their lives due to overdose-related fatalities linked to the potent synthetic opioid epidemic, as mortalities increase annually.
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users is a consortium/not-for-profit)   +1 more
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Identifying behaviours for survival and wellness among people who use methamphetamine with opioids in British Columbia: a qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background British Columbia (BC) has been in a state of public health emergency since 2016, due to the unprecedented numbers of fatal and non-fatal drug toxicity (i.e. overdose) events.
Jenny Corser, Heather Palis, Mathew Fleury, Jess Lamb, Kurt Lock, Jenny McDougall, Amiti Mehta, Cheri Newman, Heather Spence, Jane A. Buxton   +9 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Creating safe, inclusive spaces for hospital-based health care staff and people who use drugs: an exploratory qualitative study in Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal
Objectives This project sought to contribute to healthy, safe organizational cultures within Vancouver’s hospital system healthcare system as one method to address indirect harms of the province’s drug toxicity and housing syndemic. A tertiary care inner-
Aaron Bailey, Elizabeth Bishop, Agnes T. Black, Elizabeth Dogherty, George Sedore, Marge Humchitt, John Onland, Jane Milina, Varun Bangar, Heather Mackie, Herb Varley, Tyler Byrd, Sven Black, Kristine Auigbelle, Carina Nilsson, The Eastside Illicit Drinkers Group for Education   +15 more
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Genomic Diversity and Clinical Variability in Pediatric Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Case Series

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (pcALCL) is a rare pediatric CD30‐positive T‐cell lymphoproliferative disorder with an excellent prognosis, but its genomic drivers are poorly defined. We report three children with skin‐limited disease demonstrating striking molecular heterogeneity, including NPM::ALK, NUP214::FRK, and a novel ...
Shoshana Greenberger, Efrat Bar‐Ilan, Victoria Marcu, Evgeny Grishin, Rinat Yacobi, Aviv Barzilai, Hana Golan, Assaf Arie Barg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A major stakeholder in the lobbying efforts: the role of people who use drugs in the past and the current opioid crisis

BMC Public Health
Background Mass media campaigns have been effectively used in the past to shape public opinion on health. As the synthetic opioid epidemic sadly continues to take the lives of people across the globe, there is little information available on the power of
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differences in Gut Microbial Diversity are Driven by Drug Use and Drug Cessation by Either Compulsory Detention or Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Microorganisms, 2020
In this work, we investigate differences in gut microbial diversity driven by drug use or by the widely used methods for drug cessation: methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and compulsory detention (CD). Methods: 99 participants (28 CD participants, 16
Qiaoyan Li, Siqi Chen, Ke Liu, Danfeng Long, Diru Liu, Zhengchao Jing, Xiaodan Huang   +6 more
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Factors associated with the involvement of women drug users in risky sexual behaviors: A narrative review

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2022
Background: Drug use is known as an important underlying factor in the occurrence of risky sexual behaviors. The present study was conducted to identify the factors associated with the involvement of women drug users in risky sexual behaviors.
Hadis Sourinejad, Mahnaz Noroozi, Fariba Taleghani, Gholam Reza Kheirabadi   +3 more
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