January-February 2016
Interventions and Assessments
- Combined and Repeated Interventions May Reduce Self-Reported Drug Use in Primary Care Patients
- Mixed Findings in Trial of Varenicline for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
- Effectiveness of Alcohol Brief Intervention in a General Hospital: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Adverse Effects Are Frequent and Mostly Persistent with High-Dose Baclofen
- Missed Opportunity: Suboptimal Addiction Treatment Interventions Among Patients Hospitalized for Infective Endocarditis
Health Outcomes
- Nonfatal Opioid Overdose Rarely Results in Opioid Prescription Discontinuation
- High-Dose Opioids, Depression Increase Risk for Overdose
- People Who Use Illicit Drugs Are More Likely to Leave the Hospital Against Medical Advice, But the Reasons and Solutions Are Not Clear
- A New Report on Alcohol Consumption and Total Mortality Risk
- Does Obesity Modify the Relation of Alcohol Consumption to Breast Cancer?
HIV and HCV
- Effect of HIV Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) as Prevention on HIV Viral Load and ART Resistance Among People Who Inject Drugs
- Heavy Alcohol Use Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among People with HIV
- Marijuana Use Is Associated with Greater Odds of Condomless Sex Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men