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Category Archives: addiction
Addiction treatment program partners Upstate with St. Camillus
Through a $2.1 million grant, Upstate University Hospital has partnered with The Centers at St. Camillus and others to create a new treatment program for those suffering from illness and addiction that is helping people recover and freeing up hundreds … Continue reading
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Working the streets: Upstate physician provides medical care to the homeless
BY AMBER SMITH David Lehmann, MD, was focused on how best to provide medical care to the homeless. He was aware of 60 “street medicine” programs around the world, most based at academic medical centers. He was intent on launching … Continue reading
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Facing a crisis: Meet the Upstate experts working to solve the opioid epidemic
The opioid epidemic is fueled both by the abuse of street drugs such as heroin and the addiction to prescription painkillers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says prescription opioids contribute to 40 percent of all opioid overdose deaths in the United … Continue reading
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Putting heads together: Brain researchers collaborate to understand and battle dementia, addiction, schizophrenia and more
BY AMBER SMITH What do drug addiction, neurodevelopmental disorders and dementia have in common? All three disorders have origins in the brain, with causes and potential treatment methods that tend to overlap. For instance, they are all caused, at least in … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, aging/geriatrics, Alzheimer's/dementia, brain/neurology, health care, psychology/psychiatry, research
Tagged addiction research, ADHD, dementia research, dopamine, epigenetic modifiers, frontotemporal dementia, molecular signaling pathway, neurodevelopment disorders, neurodevelopmental research, neurons, neuroscience, neuroscientific research, plasticity, schizophrenia, synapses
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How to save someone from an opioid overdose
BY AMBER SMITH In preparation Purchase naloxone (trade name, Narcan), available without a prescription in New York pharmacies. Keep it with you, but do not store it in extreme temperatures (such as a car glove box), which can damage the … Continue reading
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What you can do about the public health crises of gun violence and drug addiction
The number of Americans dying from gun violence or drug overdoses now surpasses the number of motor vehicle fatalities in the United States. The public health crises of gun violence and drug addiction are also felt in Central New York. … Continue reading
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You know smoking causes lung cancer; do you know what other diseases tobacco causes?
If you or someone you love smokes, lung cancer us not your only health concern. Regular tobacco and electronic cigarette smokers increase their risk of heart and vascular diseases, including stroke, and lung diseases including emphysema — plus a … Continue reading
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E-cigarette dangers go beyond cancer
The use of electronic cigarettes is higher among high school students than adults, a trend that alarms U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD. E-cigarettes contain a concentrated and more potent dose of nicotine than tobacco cigarettes, which is particularly … Continue reading
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Lung cancer vigil celebrates survivors, memorializes the departed
Caregivers and patients gathered at the Upstate Cancer Center Thursday, on the evening of the Great American Smokeout, for a candlelight vigil calling attention to lung cancer. “Even though everybody’s heard of it, a lot of people don’t realize that … Continue reading
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To avoid withdrawal, she nearly died: Former addict warns of the dangers of antidiarrheal drug
BY JIM HOWE Katharine “Kate” Rayland never intended to become addicted to – and nearly die from – an over-the-counter drug designed to prevent diarrhea. She developed a potentially fatal heart problem and landed in the intensive care unit at … Continue reading
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Tagged antidiarrhea, antidiarrheal, Imodium, loperadamide abuse, loperamide, loperamide addiction, loperamide cardiac risk, loperamide heart risk, opioid, opioid abuse, opioid dangers, opioid risks, poor man's methadone
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