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Researchers 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 UniversityTwo side effects of opioids — growing tolerance to the drugs and increased sensitivity to pain — may be specifically caused by the drugs’ effect on peripheral pain neurons in the body, not those in the spinal cord or brain, according to a new study.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | University Research | Stanford UniversityBy combining computer simulations with laboratory experiments, an international research team revealed something new about a molecular pathway that enables roughly half of all medications to achieve their desired effects – but is also responsible for many side effects.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Stanford UniversityResearchers have identified a novel compound that appears to exhibit painkilling power comparable to morphine but lacks that drug’s most lethal property: respiratory suppression, which results in some 30,000 drug overdose deaths annually in the United States.
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention | Stanford University