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Characteristics of male and female injecting drug users of the AjUDE-Brasil II Project

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
The object of this study is to compare female and male injection drug users (IDUs) in terms of sociodemographic profile and aspects of their initiation to the use of injection drugs.
Ana Maria de Oliveira Cintra, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Sueli Aparecida Mingoti   +2 more
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Using peri‐operative patient‐ and parent‐reported experience and outcome measures to identify paediatric postsurgical recovery trajectories: an observational cohort study

Anaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Identifying postoperative pain trajectories and pre‐operative risk factors may support preventative measures and enhance pain management. We aimed to determine the feasibility of gathering peri‐operative data from families of children, describe their recovery trajectories and identify risk factors for high postsurgical pain ...
Samantha Pang, Nicholas West, Haoyu Zhao, Jessica Luo, Neil K. Chadha, Lynnie R. Correll, Heng Gan, Matthias Görges   +7 more
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Executive function and adult homelessness, true impairment or frontal lobology?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Homelessness is associated with multiple risk factors for neurocognitive impairment. Past research with people experiencing homelessness has described “frontal lobe” dysfunction including behavioral disorders and executive cognitive impairments.
Graham Pluck, Graham Pluck
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The Unfair Sentencing Act: Racial Disparities and Fiscal Consequences of America\u27s Drug Laws [PDF]

, 2014
In 1986, the United States government attempted to combat the perceived war on drugs by enacting mandatory drug laws, with a primary focus on incarcerating crack offenders.
Zimmerman, Kristin
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Midwives' Physiological Approach at the Third Stage of Labour: A Scoping Review

Birth, EarlyView.
Midwives play a crucial role in supporting a physiological third stage of labour by balancing trust in the woman's body with safety measures to prevent postpartum haemorrhage. This scoping review identifies key midwifery practices that promote natural placenta and highlights the importance of undisturbed, woman‐centred care.
Elena Tarlazzi, Virginia Berini, Lorenzo Brevi, Rosalba Ferrandino, Mara Tormen, Dila Parma, Rosaria Cappadona, Simona Fumagalli, Antonella Nespoli, Giuliana Simonazzi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a role for cannabidiol in obesity, metabolic syndrome and binge eating?

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most abundant phytocannabinoids isolated from the Cannabis sativa plant. CBD is a lipophilic, non‐intoxicating substance that differently from Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9‐THC) does not present the typical profile of a drug of abuse.
Luca Botticelli, Emanuela Micioni Di Bonaventura, Giacomo Einaudi, Gustavo Provensi, Alessia Costa, Claudio D'Addario, Carlo Cifani, Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Access to highly active antiretroviral therapy for injection drug users: adherence, resistance, and death

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Injection drug users (IDUs) continue to comprise a major risk group for HIV infection throughout the world and represent the focal population for HIV epidemics in Asia and Eastern Europe/Russia.
David Vlahov, David D. Celentano
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Novel approaches for drug development against chronic primary pain: A systematic review

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Chronic primary pain (CPP) persisting for more than 3 months, associated with significant emotional distress without any known underlying cause, is an unmet medical need. Traditional or adjuvant analgesics do not provide satisfactory pain relief for a great proportion of these patients.
Valéria Tékus, Éva Borbély, Andreas Goebel, Ralf Baron, Zsófia Hajna, Zsuzsanna Helyes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Syringe exchange programs in Brazil: preliminary assessment of 45 programs

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
The present study aims to evaluate the current operation of Brazilian syringe exchange programs (SEP). After consulting national and regional networks of people working in projects/ programs aiming to reduce drug-related harm, we identified 134 potential
Elize Massard da Fonseca, José Mendes Ribeiro, Neilane Bertoni, Francisco I. Bastos   +3 more
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HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmatic preferences among people who inject drugs: findings from a discrete choice experiment

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) holds promise for decreasing new HIV infections among people who inject drugs (PWID), yet daily oral PrEP use is low, and PrEP modality and delivery strategy preferences in this population remain understudied ...
William H. Eger, Angela R. Bazzi, Chad J. Valasek, Carlos F. Vera, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Heather A. Pines   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source