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