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Healthcare savings and alcohol and drug abuse treatment: Saving lives and money

Adi Jaffe wrote 4 months ago: From allaboutaddiction: A recent paper put out by an initiative called Closing the Addiction Treatme … more →

Tags: drug abuse, Government and Policy, Addiction Treatment, alcohol and drug abuse, Healthcare, Policy, substance abuse, Medicine

Beta blockers, addiction, and craving help: The new holy grail?

Adi Jaffe wrote 9 months ago: From all-about-addiction: Okay, maybe I’m getting a little ahead of myself here, but I’m … more →

Tags: drug abuse

Prostate Cancer Screening

capros wrote 1 year ago: You Have Nothing To Lose By Taking A Prostate Cancer Screening Test; Or Do You? At  a certain age me … more →

Tags: Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment, finasteride. prevention, Gene-environment, Early Detection, prostate cancer screening, You Have Nothing To Suffer By Taking A Prostate Cancer, Screening, PSA Screening

Prostate Cancer Screening for Men

Emily wrote 1 year ago: From Science Sounds: The US Preventative Services Task Force concluded last week that men over 75 ye … more →

Tags: Government and Policy, Prostate Cancer, Screening, shared decision making, USPSTF

Abortion does not cause mental illness2 comments

Emily wrote 1 year ago: From Science Sounds: A recent article in the New York Times reported results from an APA study that … more →

Tags: Government and Policy, Abortion, Mental Health, mental illness

Drug memories and relapse: A light at the end of the tunnel?1 comment

Adi Jaffe wrote 1 year ago: From All About Addiction: About a year ago, while sitting in a lecture on learning and memory, the i … more →

Tags: drug abuse, Neuroscience, Addiction, animals, Relapse, Treatment, Propranolol, ptsd

Politics and Proof - The misuse of science

Adi Jaffe wrote 1 year ago: It’s no secret that politicians can twist words to make anything sound as if it supports their … more →

Tags: Government and Policy, family planning, Abortion, sex, Government, bushism, propoganda, anti-gay, Truth

Addiction Genetics - The new treatment paradigm.

Adi Jaffe wrote 1 year ago: Genetics are making their way into every facet of research nowadays, and addiction treatment is no s … more →

Tags: drug abuse, stats, Addiction, Genetics, smoking, nida, Volkow, Pharmacogenomics

Enforcement Vs. Prevention3 comments

Adi Jaffe wrote 1 year ago: From all-about-addiction: The U.S. policy regarding the drug problem is centered mainly on the enfor … more →

Tags: drug abuse, drug treatment, Enforcement, Health Insurance

Making the System Safer1 comment

Emily wrote 1 year ago: In the last 50 years, no one thinks that drivers have gotten better, but fatalities per mile driven … more →

Tags: public health success stories, Safety, Traffic Safety, physician errors, Public Health, System, Injury prevention, Success Stories

Shared Decision Making in Health Care4 comments

Emily wrote 1 year ago: With the ongoing saga of the Democratic Primary, and the upcoming presidential election, we will all … more →

Tags: Health Care, health care decisions, Cost


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