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November-December 2015

Interventions and Assessments

  • Which Brief Intervention Components Work for Young Risky Drinkers in the Emergency Department?
  • Clonidine Reduces Lapses Among People with Opioid Use Disorder Who Achieved Abstinence with Buprenorphine
  • Randomized Trial Finds Modest and Mixed Effects of Alcohol on Cardiometabolic Markers in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

Health Outcomes

  • Retention in Methadone Treatment Reduces the Risk of Death
  • Payer-Mandated Buprenorphine Dose Decreases Result in Worse Patient Outcomes
  • Pain Symptoms and Return to Drinking During and After Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
  • Prescription Monitoring Program and “Pill Mill” Laws Have Had Modest Effects on Opioid Overprescribing in Florida
  • Observed Effects of Alcohol Vary by Country Economic Level
  • Association of Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
  • More Evidence Linking Long-Term Alcohol Consumption with Breast, Upper Aero-Digestive Tract, and Colorectal Cancers
  • Two Prospective Cohort Studies Indicate Association between Alcohol Consumption and Cancer

HIV and HCV

  • Teaching Proper Injection Practices Reduces the Complications of Injection Drug Use
  • Duration of Cocaine Use Is Associated with a Small Increase in the Odds of Depression Among African Americans with HIV

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