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Consequences of Opioid Abuse and their Treatments in Persian Medicine: A Review Study [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2020 Background: Drug addiction is a major health problem for modern human communities. The earliest historicalevidence of opium use can be found in the writings of Theophrastus in the 3rd century BC.
Mohadese Kamali +3 more
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014 Keywords: Colorectal Neoplasms; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Propofol; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Colonoscopy.
Francisco Almeida Lobo +1 more
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Hypnotics and Risk of Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Medicina, 2020 Background and objectives: The association between hypnotic drugs and risk of cancer remains controversial. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate this association.
Tzu-Rong Peng +3 more
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Cancer Medicine, 2023 Purpose To investigate the short‐ and long‐term risk of psychotropic medication use in parents who lose a child to cancer diagnosed in adolescence. Methods This is a Swedish nationwide register‐based study including 184 bereaved mothers and 184 bereaved ...
Emma Hovén +6 more
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The influence of drug use on fall incidents among nursing home residents: A systematic review [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Falls are a major health problem among the elderly, particularly in nursing homes. Abnormalities of balance and gait, psychoactive drug use, and dementia have been shown to contribute to fall risk. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of
Beeck, E.F. (Ed) van +3 more
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Current Concepts on Drug Abuse and Dependence [PDF]
, 2015 Drug addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable desire to seek and consume the drug. In time, drug-related terminology has undergone many changes, arising from the deepening of the mechanisms of action, but also about ...
Baconi, Daniela Luiza +5 more
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The Association between Sleep Problems, Sleep Medication Use, and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Health and Retirement Study 2010 [PDF]
, 2016 Background. Very few studies have assessed the impact of poor sleep and sleep medication use on the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between sleep problems, sleep medication ...
Min, Yaena +2 more
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2019 Nonmedical prescription drug use (NMPDU) has become a major public health issue but little is known in Asian populations. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and correlates of NMPDU in Taiwan.
Lian-Yu Chen +17 more
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Benzodiazepine use in Sao Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
Clinics, 2020 OBJECTIVES: To report the prevalence and factors associated with the use of benzodiazepines in the general population and those with a mental health condition in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil.
Angela Maria Campanha +6 more
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Differential expression of exosomal microRNAs in prefrontal cortices of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients [PDF]
, 2013 Exosomes are cellular secretory vesicles containing microRNAs (miRNAs). Once secreted, exosomes are able to attach to recipient cells and release miRNAs potentially modulating the function of the recipient cell.
Banigan, Meredith G. +11 more
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