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The same immune system that fights infection and the flu could join the battle against opioid addiction, new research out of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research indicates.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Vanderbilt UniversityResearch is underway to identify infants at risk of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome shortly after birth.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Texas A&M UniversityAn innovative, cost-effective program at more than a dozen hospitals in Western New York provides medication-assisted treatment to opioid use disorder patients in emergency departments (EDs) and rapidly transitions them into long-term treatment at a community clinic.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University at Buffalo - The State University of New YorkWhen 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 CaliforniaYale researchers have identified racial disparities in the treatment of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Yale UniversityResearch is underway to identify infants at risk of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome shortly after birth.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Texas A&M UniversityResearchers at the University of Washington have developed a cellphone app, called Second Chance, that uses sonar to monitor someone’s breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington alumni are working with the Tulalip Tribes in the central Puget Sound region to help nonviolent offenders whose crimes stem from drug abuse and mental health conditions.
Community Impact | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University of WashingtonPhysical therapy within three months of a musculoskeletal pain diagnosis reduced patients’ risk of long-term opioid use by about 10 percent, according to a study by researchers at Stanford and Duke.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Stanford UniversityA psychoactive plant called kratom might be a useful tool in the battle to curb opioid addiction, a recent study suggests.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University of Rochester