July-August 2013
Interventions and Assessments
- Daily Tenofovir Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Reduces HIV Transmission among People with Injection Drug Use in Drug Treatment
- Screening and Brief Intervention: USPSTF Update Affirms Recommendations and Highlights Evidence Gaps
- Smoking During Medically Managed Opioid Withdrawal is Associated with Increased Craving for Opioids and Nicotine
- Trends in Ambulatory Care for People with Substance Use Disorders
- Alcohol Use Disorders: More Deadly Than Previously Thought
Health Outcomes
- Heavy Episodic Drinking in Young, Healthy Adults Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
- Participation in Football and Wrestling is Associated with Nonmedical Use of Opioid Medications Among Adolescents
- Reporting of Methadone-Associated Cardiac Arrhythmias has Increased
- Relation of Alcohol Intake to the Risk of Dying from Cancer
- Systematic Review of Opioids for Pain and Opioid Dependence: The Risks Cannot be Estimated
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage after Cocaine Use Associated with Aneurysm Re-Rupture and Death
HIV and HCV
- Persons Coinfected with HIV and Hepatitis C have Liver Fibrosis Measures Equal to Those with Hepatitis C Only who are Nearly a Decade Older
- Response to HCV Treatment Among People with Heavy Alcohol Use is Similar to Those Who Abstain