All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Alcohol and Stress Activation of Microglia and Neurons: Brain Regional Effects

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Mental Health
Public Health

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Cycles of alcohol and stress are hypothesized to contribute to alcohol use disorders. How this occurs is poorly understood, although both alcohol and stress activate the neuroimmune system—the immune molecules and...

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Advanced Liver Cirrhosis: A Case Report

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplant may offer an alternative to liver transplantation in patients with end‐stage liver disease. However, its efficacy remains uncertain. MSC was performed on a 50‐year‐old male with decompensated...

The Health, Poverty, and Financial Consequences of a Cigarette Price Increase among 500 Million Male Smokers in 13 Middle Income Countries

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Populations
Men
Public Health
Policy

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Objective: To examine the impact of a 50% increase in market prices of cigarettes on health, poverty, and financial protection.

Design: Compartmental model study.

Setting: 13 middle income countries, totalling two billion men.

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Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes

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Book
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Treatment
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Addiction
Public Health

This report presents information on four types of outcomes from the four different data sources:

  1. Opioid prescribing, 2006-2016, from QuintilesIMS Health®
  2. Drug use, misuse, and substance use disorder, 2014-2015, from the National Survey...

Does Following Research-Derived Practice Guidelines Improve Opiate-Dependent Patients’ Outcomes under Everyday Practice Conditions? Results of the Multisite Opiate Substitution Treatment Study

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Two sets of US methadone clinics selected for high versus low adherence to clinical guidelines provided evidence that in everyday practice, the recommended high doses and intensive psychosocial services really do reduce substance use and...

Fifth Founding Anniversary of Female Drug Treatment Center

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center celebrated its 5th Founding Anniversary on 12th April 2018 at the Health Sector Training Room in Saymoli, Dhaka. Head of the Health Sector of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) Mr...

Work Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Fishermen with a Smoking Habit

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Scientific article
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Mental Health

This study examined pathways of influence between work stress, depressive symptoms, nicotine dependence, expressive suppression, and cognitive reappraisal in fishermen with smoking habits in Qionghai, Hainan province, China (N = 1068)...

Factors Associated with the Efficacy of Smoking Cessation Treatments and Predictors of Smoking Abstinence in EAGLES

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Treatment
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To assess (1) how far the efficacies of front‐line smoking cessation pharmacotherapies vary as a function of smoker characteristics and (2) associations between these characteristics and success of smoking cessation attempts...