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Using Stereoscopic 3D Technologies for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Amblyopia in Children [PDF]
arXiv, 2011 The 3D4Amb project aims at developing a system based on the stereoscopic 3D techonlogy, like the NVIDIA 3D Vision, for the diagnosis and treatment of amblyopia in young children. It exploits the active shutter technology to provide binocular vision, i.e. to show different images to the amblyotic (or lazy) and the normal eye.
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EXAMINING OPIATE ADDICTION TREATMENT IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE: A CASE STUDY OF THE SARAJEVO CANTON [PDF]
Background: Primary healthcare plays a crucial role in addressing opiate addiction, aiming to provide treatment to approximately 80 percent of affected individuals, aligning with its approach to managing other chronic diseases.
Jatić, Zaim, Šukurović, Nizama
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Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 1010-1023, May 2025.Abstract Introduction This program of research investigated the acute effects of orally ingested (Study 1) and vaporised (Study 2) cannabis containing delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on cognitive functions relevant for driving in two samples of medicinal cannabis patients (Study 1 N = 41 oral users; Study 2 N = 37 flower users).
Kayla B. Stefanidis +5 more
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Recovery Capital Gains May Precede Craving Reduction in Opioid Use Disorder
Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2023 Nicholas L Bormann,1 Andrea N Weber,2,3 Benjamin Miskle,2,4 Stephan Arndt,2,5 Alison C Lynch2,6 1Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Albert Lea, MN, USA; 2Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; 3Internal Medicine ...
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Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). [PDF]
, 2019 Neonatal abstinence syndrome is defined by signs and symptoms of withdrawal that infants develop after intrauterine maternal drug exposure. All infants with documented in utero opioid exposure, or a high pre-test probability of exposure should have ...
Kraft, W. K. +2 more
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A review of the evidence for the effectiveness of primary prevention interventions for Hepatitis C among injecting drug users [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND Hepatitis C (HCV) prevalence is most common amongst injecting drug users where up to 98% of the population can be infected despite a low prevalence of HIV.
Tompkins, C.N.E., Wright, N.M.J.
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The Medical Deconfounder: Assessing Treatment Effects with Electronic Health Records [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 The treatment effects of medications play a key role in guiding medical prescriptions. They are usually assessed with randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which are expensive. Recently, large-scale electronic health records (EHRs) have become available, opening up new opportunities for more cost-effective assessments.
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Journal of Community Health Research, 2012 Introduction: Addiction is a habit or behavior that is often hard to quit. It is estimated that 190 million persons are substance users around the world. Substance abuse creates tolerance after a while.
M.H. Lotfi +3 more
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2018 Background Economic evaluation normally requires information to be collected on outcome improvement using utility values. This is often not collected during the treatment of substance use disorders making cost-effectiveness evaluations of therapy ...
Jasmine Peak +5 more
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A Biomechanical Study on the Use of Curved Drilling Technique for Treatment of Osteonecrosis of Femoral Head [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Osteonecrosis occurs due to the loss of blood supply to the bone, leading to spontaneous death of the trabecular bone. Delayed treatment of the involved patients results in collapse of the femoral head, which leads to a need for total hip arthroplasty surgery.
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