Will a combination of therapy and ketamine stop alcohol abuse?
Surgeons, together with researchers from the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians, have found a new approach to battling excess alcohol consumption. A single ketamine infusion, combined with outpatient behavioural therapy, is enough to stop a patient from drinking for weeks. The results of the study were published in
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As it turns out, the argument claiming that alcohol tax only punishes the poor is wrong
A UNSW study came to a conclusion. The argument claiming that alcohol tax only punishes the poor is false; there is no evidence for it. Some also perpetuated the myth that people would actually drink more because of being reminded of their not-so-rosy financial situation. Again, such arguments are false, the study finds. Here’s what
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Hair drug testing should stay, science says
Hair drug testing has been around for decades. But a recent court decision in Massachusetts seems to suggest that it may be prone to the effects of external contamination, and so produce misleading results. Hair drug testing is the standard and is performed by using various procedures. To ensure accurate results, certain safeguards must be
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Is University of Southern California facing an opioid crisis?
Since the start of the term, nine students have left this world. In four out of the nine cases, alcohol or drug overdose was suspected to be the cause. The University of Southern California (USC) Public Safety administration has done its part in warning students that drug and alcohol abuse comes with certain risks. Winston
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