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...review published in the Jan. 20 issue of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a leading evidence-based-medicine journal, researchers found that only one-third of 1% of chronic-pain patients without a history of substance problems became addicted to opioids during treatment. The review included 4,893 mostly middle-aged chronic-pain patients, who were treated with opioids for between six months and four years. "This suggests that people who do not have a history of drug abuse or addiction are not highly like to develop [addiction] under physician care," says Meredith Noble, lead author of the review...
Paradoxically, the findings suggest that the use of opioids could even help prevent addiction by reducing the risk of a psychological condition that is known to lead to substance misuse. "PTSD is so devastating, and it increases the likelihood of addiction," says Volkow. "I think it's definitely worth investigating...
...propel the field of forensic medicine? Gettler did the first work that allowed scientists to tell that a person had been intoxicated at time of death. He designed not only the test but had to build the equipment himself. The guy was amazing. The first work proving that lead in gasoline was dangerous to the rest of us - they did that. The first work proving that if you intake radium your bones are radioactive for many years after you're dead - they did that. They created the science that we all take for granted. Our whole love affair with...
...suspected that global warming could make hurricanes more intense somehow, but the new study suggests the effect works both ways: tropical cyclones could help drive up temperatures in response. "We're suggesting that hurricanes could have created a permanent El Niño condition," says Yale's Alexey Fedorov, lead author of the study. (See pictures of the effects of climate change...
With the Conservative opposition's lead slipping, Labour had hoped to gain further ground by softening Brown's austere public image. In a Valentine's Day interview with talent-show judge Piers Morgan, Brown gave a moving account of the death of his baby daughter nine years ago: "I think it's important that people know who you are and I think it's important that people can ask any questions they like about you," said Brown. "I'm an open book as far as people are concerned...