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Self-injecting non-prescribed substances into vascular access devices: a case study of one health system’s ongoing journey from clinical concern to practice and policy response

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Overdose-associated deaths and morbidity related to substance use is a global public health emergency with devastating social and economic costs.
Jocelyn Chase, Melissa Nicholson, Elizabeth Dogherty, Emma Garrod, Jocelyn Hill, Rupinder Brar, Victoria Weaver, William J. Connors   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The secret world of liver transplant candidate assessment [PDF]

, 2011
Organ transplantation is a field entangled with ethical complexities. One of the major controversies subject to debate is resource allocation. The UK's organ procurement agency, NHS Blood and Transplant, must ensure that the limited number of human ...
Cherkassky, Lisa
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Small Extracellular Vesicles from Neural Cells: Physiological and Pathological Roles, and Potential in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Neural cell–derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are emerging as pivotal mediators in neurodegenerative diseases, exerting both pathogenic and therapeutic functions. This review synthesizes current evidence on how sEVs from distinct neural cell types regulate neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, biomarker discovery, and targeted drug delivery ...
Muhammad Waqas Salim, Wei Zhang, Lyndsey Collins‐Praino, Yuling Wang, Andrew Care   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a potential of misuse for venlafaxine and bupropion? [PDF]

, 2018
© 2018 Schifano and Chiappini. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the ...
Anderson, Augustin, Baker, Baribeau, Bolden-Watson, Campagne, Carvalho, Chiappini, Chiappini, Chouinard, Cosci, Cutler, Deluca, Evans, Fava, Fava, Fountain, Francesconi, Groot, Harvey, Harvey, Hill, Hilliard, Holland, Hopper, Hu, Kantor, Kelly, Khurshid, Kim, Koga, Kotzalidis, Langguth, Lewin, Llorca, Maj, McCormick, Muth, Nelson, Orsolini, Parker, Phillips, Quaglio, Redrobe, Reeves, Renoir, Rettew, Rudolph, Sabljić, Schifano, Schifano, Shang, Shenouda, Sir, Stahl, Stahl, Stahl, Stall, Stassinos, Taylor, Vento, Weikop, Welsh, Wilson, Yoon   +64 more
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Bacteria‐Responsive Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Antimicrobial Therapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bacteria‐responsive nanocarriers are designed to release antimicrobials only in the presence of infection‐specific cues. This selective activation ensures drug release precisely at the site of infection, avoiding premature or indiscriminate release, and enhancing efficacy.
Guillermo Landa, Gracia Mendoza, Silvia Irusta, Manuel Arruebo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reemergence of Intravenous Drug Use as Risk Factor for Candidemia, Massachusetts, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
The epidemic of illicit intravenous drug use (IVDU) in the United States has been accompanied by a surge in drug overdose deaths and infectious sequelae.
Nongnooch Poowanawittayakom, Anamika Dutta, Shannon Stock, Sunkaru Touray, Richard T. Ellison, Stuart M. Levitz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Epidemics of Injecting Drug Use and Blood-Borne Disease: A Public Health Perspective [PDF]

, 1997
In this article, the author first examines the mechanism by which blood-borne disease is transmitted through sharing of injection equipment. Thereafter, he presents a public health strategy for reducing multi-person use of contaminated injection ...
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Identifying and preventing health problems among young drug-misusing offenders [PDF]

, 2013
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the health problems and treatment needs of drug-misusing offenders and to draw out the implications of the findings for health education and prevention.
Judith Aldridge, Katy Holloway, Trevor Bennett   +2 more
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Marburg Virus Glycoprotein Is a Remarkable Virulent Factor Linked to Hemorrhagic Pathology: Evidence from Multimodal Experimental Systems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By integrating data from in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models, our research identifies the MARV glycoprotein as a remarkable hemorrhagic factor, filling a major gap in this important field. It also provides practical experimental tools for the basic research on viral pathogenesis and applied research aimed at antiviral intervention for hemorrhagic ...
Ting Yao, Hang Liu, Yanfeng Yao, Wei Deng, Jiawen Sun, Zhenyu Kang, Ashaq Ali, Chao Shan, Zhiming Yuan, Fei Deng, Hualin Wang, Yun‐Jia Ning   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Associated With Cocaine Use Disorder: Results From the French Nationwide Repeated Cross-Sectional OPPIDUM Study (2019-2023). [PDF]

Fundam Clin Pharmacol
ABSTRACT Cocaine use has increased both globally and nationally. This trend is accompanied by a rise in clinical complications. The objective of our study was to identify factors observed to be associated with cocaine use disorder, using data from the OPPIDUM program, collecting information directly from patients with substance use disorders recruiting
Alhamidi Z, Lacroix C, Jouve E, Soeiro T, Eiden C, Micallef J.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources