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Tag: Addiction
Machine learning may help predict opioid prescription risk for patients
Reading Time: 3 minutes Current guidelines to determine which patients are at higher risk don’t catch everyone
Legalized sports gambling needs tighter regulation
Reading Time: 4 minutes It needs to be actively policed in order to protect consumers
Are Canadians drinking too much alcohol?
Reading Time: 4 minutes A new report recommends a person only drink an average of zero to two alcoholic drinks per week
Shedding light on injury-related ER visits for homeless
Reading Time: 4 minutes Detailed data will help community organizations in Alberta develop effective injury prevention programs
Turning your sense of failure into success
Reading Time: 3 minutes Believing you can’t do something won’t get problems solved. Find a way if you truly want a happy life
Nicotine withdrawal in zebrafish offers clues to human addiction
Reading Time: 2 minutes Study on how fish respond to nicotine exposure suggests researchers could find ways to more effectively treat withdrawal in people with addictions
What can you do about the opioid crisis?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Much like first aid and CPR, bystander naloxone training is one of the best tools available to save lives, U of A experts say
Alberta’s vaping bill fails to protect children, youth
Reading Time: 3 minutes The industry will now be popping champagne: no Alberta nicotine cap, no flavour ban
Why COVID-19 could make the overdose epidemic worse
Reading Time: 4 minutes Social isolation can be deadly for people struggling with addictions, says University of Alberta expert