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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Stigma, social reciprocity and exclusion of HIV/AIDS patients with illicit drug histories: A study of Thai nurses' attitudes [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Stigma is a key barrier for the delivery of care to patients living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In the Asia region, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has disproportionately affected socially marginalised groups, in particular, injecting drug users.
Reidpath Daniel D, Kit Chan, Chan, KY, Stoové Mark A, Chan, Kit Yee, Stoové, Mark A, Chan Kit, Reidpath, Daniel D., Daniel D Reidpath, Reidpath, Daniel, Stoové, MA, Reidpath, DD, Mark A Stoové, Stoove, Mark A.   +13 more
core   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Injection site infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) have been associated with serious morbidity and health service costs in North America.
Ncube, F, Ncube, Fortune, Kimber, Jo, Hope, V, Vickerman, Peter, Vickerman, P, Hickman, M, Kimber, J, Hope, Vivian, Hickman, Matthew   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 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

Examination of the risk of reinfection with hepatitis C among injecting drug users who have been tested in Glasgow [PDF]

, 2012
Unsafe injecting practices put injecting drug users (IDUs) at repeat exposure to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It has not yet been determined if spontaneously clearing one's primary infection influences the risk of reinfection; our aim was ...
Hutchinson, Sharon, Hutchinson, Sharon; id_orcid, Goldberg, David J., Cameron, S.O., Innes, Hamish, McLeod, Allan, Mcdonald, Scott   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical and Biological Features of Response in Resistant Neuroblastoma to 131I‐Metaiodobenzylguanidine Radiotherapy in the Anti‐GD2 Immunotherapy Era

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background 131I‐metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I‐MIBG) radiotherapy is a key treatment for relapsed and refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma (NB). Patients with R/R disease treated in the modern era are increasingly exposed to anti‐GD2 immunotherapy, which exerts selective pressure and may modify both tumor cell state and microenvironment.
Benjamin J. Lerman, Katherine K. Matthay, Fabienne Hollinger, Catriona Black, Ann A. Lazar, Miguel Pampaloni, Steven G. DuBois, Kieuhoa T. Vo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source