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Melania Trump to be briefed on babies born addicted to drugs

Melania Trump to be briefed on babies born addicted to drugs

Melania Trump will receive a briefing on babies born addicted to drugs when she visits a Tennessee children’s hospital this week (Source: ABC News: Health)MedWorm Message: Have you tried our new medical search engine? More powerful than before. Log on with your social media account. 100% free.
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With $1M state grant, Temple to address need for addiction meds in Philadelphia

As the opioid addiction crisis continues, medications that help control cravings have proved more effective than behavioral therapy alone. But many treatment programs have yet to embrace the medications, and patients often have a hard time finding a doctor who can prescribe the evidence-based treatment.

Now, Temple University’s health system will use a $1 million grant from the state of Pennsy
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Opioids: Why ‘dangerous’ drugs are still being used to treat pain

Despite links to UK hospital deaths and a US addiction crisis, opioids remain the painkiller of choice. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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Childhood adversity increases susceptibility to addiction via immune response

(Elsevier) Childhood adversity permanently alters the peripheral and central immune systems, increasing the sensitivity of the body’s immune response to cocaine, reports a study by researchers at the IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation and University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy. (Source: EurekAlert! – Medicine and Health)
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The treatment of alcohol dependence by total abstinence: The experience of residents at Studio House, Nottingham

Key findings

For residents of Studio House, facilitators and barriers for the successful completion of the programme vary along the recovery journey.
The Studio House programme can be viewed as a learning experience.
The meaning of recovery for residents goes beyond alcohol abstinence to include mental, physical and relational wellbeing.
Staff ability to connect with residents, skills development
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