Drugs

Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood

By thespecimennews on April 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

NIH-funded study shows screening for substance use disorder in teens may help predict adult prescription drug use and misuse and prevent overdose.

Methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths nearly tripled between 2015 to 2019, NIH study finds

By thespecimennews on September 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019 among people ages 18-64 in the United States, according to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The number of… Read More ›

Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk

By thespecimennews on January 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only exposed in the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

NIH to Test Experimental Drug to Curb Opioid Cravings

By thespecimennews on March 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

A clinical trial of an experimental drug designed to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) has begun in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.