PERSONS seriously interested in the misuse and abuse of drugs by athletes may see it as primarily a social problem, as a medical problem, as a legal problem, as part of a struggle for control among sports governing bodies, as a potential problem, or as a combination of all of these. The...
The study focused on the causes of drug abuse among secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Five research questions were raised and analyzed in order to accomplice the purpose of this study,...
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The overall mortality pattern of homeless adults in this study demonstrates the substantial impact of substance abuse and mental illness, highlighting the need for integrated systems of care to address these complex issues. Interval increases in deaths due to drug overdose, psychoactive substance use ...
An October 2016 report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration was the first to use data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health to identify patterns of substance use among people of various sexual orientations. ...
This work is supported by grant number W911NF-14-1-0101 from the Army Research Office and grant R01DA042065 from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. The authors ar...
stressors, infections, or toxins that leads to the development of dilated cardiomyopathy, with a more severe phenotype and a worse related outcome.13 For example, truncating variants in TTN (TTNtv), affecting the giant sarcomere protein titin, are the most common genetic cause of dilated ...
organs such as the thyroid gland), metabolic disorders (i.e. such as diseases of the liver, pancreas, or kidneys that disrupt the balances of chemicals in the blood), hypoxia (i.e. poor oxygenation of the blood), nutritional (i.e. vitamin) deficiencies, drug abuse, or chronic alcohol...
Longer-term use of such medications can help to sustain recovery and prevent relapse. However, it is important to note that these medications are not designed to replace the opioid dependency they are treating – their dosage is tightly controlled to prevent further drug abuse and does not result...