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University of Miami Miller School Researcher Wins NIH Avenir Award to Pursue Innovative Opioid Addiction Research

September 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Grant Award, NIH Award, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Luis M. Tuesta, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has been awarded the Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study the epigenetic mechanisms of microglial activation and their role in shaping the behavioral course of opioid use disorder.

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Negative side effects of opioids could be coming from users’ own immune systems (video)

August 17, 2020 sarah Jonas chronic inflammation, Drug Addiction, Opioid, opioid abuse, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Opioids, PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Opioid users can develop chronic inflammation and heightened pain sensitivity. These side effects might stem from the body’s own immune system, which can make antibodies against the drugs. The researchers will present their results at the American Chemical Society Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo.

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Psychologist shares quick relief for parents struggling with child behavior during COVID-19 pandemic

June 2, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Psychology

Nonstop family time during the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified challenges for parents caring for young children around the clock. Using research-backed therapies that she helped pioneer, a WVU psychology professor has quick relief strategies for parents struggling with child misbehavior during the lockdown.

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Prescribing an overdose: A chapter in the opioid epidemic

April 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Opioid Abuse Epidemic

Research indicates that widespread opioid overprescribing contributed to the opioid epidemic. New research shows that this dangerous trend has apparently been coupled with another: inappropriate use of high-potency opioids.

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Saint Louis University Forms Missouri’s First Addiction Medicine Fellowship

March 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Addiction, Opioid, opioid abuse, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Saint Louis University (SLU) Medical Center

Saint Louis University School of Medicine is tackling the country’s opioid abuse crisis by training community physicians to recognize and treat addictions.

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Opioid Risk Reduction Program Helps Reduce Suicide Rate at VHA Facility

March 3, 2020 sarah Jonas Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Pain and Disability, Pain Managament, Physiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, Veterans and mental health, veterans and suicide

A reduction in suicides among patients at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility may be due to a multispecialty opioid risk reduction program that included addiction management treatment, according to a new study presented this week at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting in Orlando.

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Gaps Remain in Rural Opioid Crisis Research

February 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Emergency Medicine, Opioid, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, opioid abuse prevention, opioid abuse solutions, Rural America

Rural areas have been hit hard by the opioid crisis, but few studies have been done to understand how to improve access to treatment and reduce the overdose death rate in these communities, according to a new study by Rutgers University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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