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When Automotive Assembly Plants Close, Deaths from Opioid Overdoses Rise

December 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Drug Use, Economy, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Penn Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Closing of local automotive assembly plants may lead to increases in deaths from opioid overdose, according to a study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts General Hospital. The findings highlight fading economic opportunity as a driving factor in the ongoing national opioid epidemic, and build on previous research that links declining participation in the labor force to increased opioid use in the U.S. The findings are published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Research Results

Regional trends in overdose deaths reveal multiple opioid epidemics, according to new study

December 9, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Drugs, Heroin, Iowa, Iowa State, Iowa State University, Opioid, Opioid Abuse Epidemic

A recently published study shows the United States in the grip of several simultaneously occurring opioid epidemics, rather than just a single crisis. The epidemics came to light after the researchers analyzed county-level data on drug overdose deaths. The study highlights the importance of different policy responses to the epidemics rather than a single set of policies.

Policy

Manual Therapy Providers Forge Closer Ties at Interprofessional Collaborative Spine Conference

November 12, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Back Pain, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Opioids, pain

More than 160 members of the chiropractic, physical therapy and osteopathic professions forged a new spirit of cooperation and understanding during the Interprofessional Collaborative Spine Conference (ICSC), which took place Nov. 8-9 in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Announcement

Sanford Burnham Prebys awarded $3.58 million NIH grant to advance potential treatment for opioid-use disorders

October 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Addiction, NIH Award, Opioid, opioid abuse, Opioid Abuse Epidemic

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $3.58 million grant to Sanford Burnham Prebys scientist Anthony Pinkerton, Ph.D., to advance a potential treatment for opioid-use disorders, called SBI-553.

Announcement

Designing a new class of drugs to treat chronic pain

September 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Medication, Neuron, Opioid, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Opioid Addiction, pain, pain and addiction, Peptide

A UC Davis research team, led by Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy and Heike Wulff, will receive a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a novel class of peptides that are better at treating pain and don’t have the side effects of opioids. The grant is part of the NIH initiative Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL Initiative).

Feature

UCLA to lead $25 million opioid study in rural America

September 26, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, opioid abuse, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, opioid abuse solutions, Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Use Disorder, Telemedicine

Scientists from the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs will lead a $25 million National Institutes of Health study testing treatments, including the use of telemedicine, to help fight the opioid epidemic in rural America.