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Risk of developing pancreatic cancer increases due to Opioid use
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): A new study has revealed that opioid use may be a risk factor contributing to the increasing incidences of pancreatic cancer.
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Opioid use might increase risk of developing pancreatic cancer
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that opioid use might increase a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
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Cannabis may encourage use of non-medical opioid, suggests study
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): A recent study examined the direction and strength of the association between cannabis and opioids among adults who used non-medical opioids in the United States.
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Cannabis use appears to encourage, not replace, non-medical opioid
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Contrary to some claims, people in the U.S may not be substituting cannabis for opioids, according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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AI predicts patients at highest risk for severe pain, increased op
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Artificial intelligence (AI) used in machine learning models can predict which patients are at highest risk for severe pain after surgery, and help determine who would most benefit from personalised pain management plans that use non-opioid alternatives, sug
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Study looks at opioid use and driving outcomes among older adults
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Colorado [USA], July 12 (ANI): A new study from faculty at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus looks at the relationship between opioid use (medicines used for pain relief, including anesthesia) and driving among older adults.
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New study looks at opioid use, driving outcomes among older adults
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Colorado [USA], July 7 (ANI): A new study looks at the relationship between opioid (medicines used for pain relief, including anaesthesia) use and driving among older adults.
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Treatment for opioid use disorder is rare in hospitals, study find
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 10 (ANI): Despite the national opioid-related overdose epidemic that continues to claim tens of thousands of lives annually, a recent study shows that patients who received a medication to treat opioid use disorder while they were in the hospital were subsequently l
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Study finds treatment for opioid use disorder is rare in hospitals
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): A new nationwide study shows that a scant proportion of hospitalised patients with opioid use disorder receive proven life-saving medications both during and after they are discharged.
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Illicit opioid users at higher mortality risk due to various cause
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 26 (ANI): People hooked on to illicit opioids are not only at the risk of dying from a drug overdose but also face increased chances of death from communicable and non-communicable diseases, injuries and suicide.
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Teens with opioid use disorder could benefit from treatment: Study
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 11 (ANI): A study has revealed that adolescents with severe opioid use disorder can be treated with one of the three medications: methadone, buprenorphine (Subutex/Suboxone) or extended-release naltrexone (Vivitrol).
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Study provides insights on marijuana and opioid use in people with
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], Apr 22 (ANI): A new study has revealed that people suffering from cancer use Marijuana to get relief from the pain. And shockingly, it is been seen that people residing in the US, consume the maximum amount of the drug.
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