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When a clinician learned that one of their patients had suffered a fatal overdose, they reduced the amount of opioids they prescribed by almost 10 percent in the next three months, a new study found.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University of Southern CaliforniaIn the most comprehensive international comparison of its kind, a USC study found that the United States has the highest drug overdose death rates among high-income countries.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | University of Southern CaliforniaThe chemical responsible for forming a potent carcinogen in recycled water has been confirmed by researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
University Research | Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | Water Systems | University of Southern CaliforniaUSC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers are working to combat opioid addiction before it can begin by using machine learning.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University of Southern CaliforniaMany opioid abusers switch to heroin because it’s more potent and cheaper. This trend complicates disease prevention because people inject heroin much sooner, potentially resulting in increased risk of injection-related epidemics such as hepatitis C and HIV.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | University of Southern CaliforniaLegislatures and hospitals have tightened emergency room prescribing guidelines for opioids, but a new USC study shows that doctor's offices are the main sources of prescription painkillers.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | University of Southern CaliforniaAn opioid-based painkiller that is not addictive and has limited side effects is possible based on new findings by an international team of scientists that included contributions from top researchers at USC.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University of Southern CaliforniaThe association between prescription opioids abuse and later heroin use reinforces that adolescents need to be considered in the opioid epidemic discussion.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | University of Southern CaliforniaA USC study finds that risk factors for relapse following treatment for opioid use disorder vary significantly by gender, a discovery that may result in better targeted treatment with lasting results
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | University Research | University of Southern CaliforniaFive years after the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) became law in California, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy researchers examined the progress made and the obstacles stakeholders face as the state aims for sustainable groundwater use by 2042.
University Research | Water Systems | Water-Use Policies | Solving the Freshwater Puzzle | University of Southern California | Georgia Institute of Technology