Dr. Nora Volkow to Speak at X-STEM: Extreme STEM Symposium
Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, will speak about the addicted brain at X-STEM, an Extreme STEM Symposium for middle through...
View ArticleAdvancing psychiatric practice through the science of addiction
NIDA hosts research track at APA annual meeting The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will present a research track at the 2016 American Psychiatric Association’s (APA’s) Annual Meeting in...
View ArticleCo-prescribing naloxone in primary care settings may reduce ER visits
©iStockphoto/megaflopp Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that patients taking opioids for long-term chronic pain, who were given prescriptions for naloxone in a...
View ArticleLink between stress mindset and factors that influence addiction...
A project showing how negative attitudes about stress impact key factors that influence vulnerability to addiction, including sleep, emotion and cognition, won a first place Addiction Science Award at...
View ArticleNIDA creates online resource to raise awareness about naloxone
Image courtesy of ADAPT Pharma, Inc. Responding to public demand for tools and information to help stem the growing opioid overdose epidemic, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has created a...
View ArticleTeens using e-cig devices not just for nicotine
Photo by ©iStock.com/kitiara65/http://istockpho.to/1SWVugO A recent analysis of the 2015 Monitoring the Future (MTF) findings on e-cigarette use highlights uncertainty about what teens are actually...
View ArticlePioneering early stage researchers selected for NIDA’s 2016 Avenir awards
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced seven recipients of its two Avenir Award programs for HIV/AIDS and genetics or epigenetics...
View ArticlePrescription Drug Monitoring Programs Linked to Reductions in Opioid Overdose...
Photo by ©iStock.com/18percentgrey New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that state implementation of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) was associated...
View ArticleAddiction treatment patients trained to manage their healthcare may have...
Photo by ©iStock.com/shironosov Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reveals that teaching patients in addiction treatment how to communicate with physicians, and providing...
View ArticleSecondhand marijuana smoke may impair cardiovascular function
Pre-clinical research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that secondhand marijuana smoke may cause longer lasting cardiovascular harm than secondhand tobacco smoke. Image...
View ArticleSmoking cessation success linked to sex difference
Photo by ©Shutterstock.com/Pedro Bento A meta-analysis of smoking cessation therapies, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), showed that clinicians should strongly consider varenicline...
View ArticleResearch finds that patient navigation does not improve viral suppression...
New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that intensive patient navigation support and financial incentives used to motivate patients with substance use disorders to...
View ArticleNIDA editorial supports use of buprenorphine implant for opioid use disorder
Courtesy of Braeburn Pharmaceuticals An editorial published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association by NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow and NIDA Deputy Director Dr. Wilson Compton...
View ArticleAthletic teens less likely to transition from prescription pain relievers to...
Teens who participate in daily sports and exercise activities are less likely to transition from opioid pain reliever use to heroin, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug...
View ArticleBrain region may manage reward expectations and responding
©Shutterstock/vitstudio A new paper by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) researchers suggests that a certain brain region—the amygdala central nucleus— plays a role in predicting reward value...
View ArticleNational Drug & Alcohol Facts Week begins January 23
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) announced today that the next National Drug & Alcohol Facts WeekSM (NDAFW) will be...
View ArticlePain relief without risk of addiction or overdose?
©Shutterstock/David Smart New preclinical NIDA-funded research shows that a new compound, BU08028, acts on opioid and non-opioid brain receptors to relieve pain without harmful side effects. In the...
View ArticleRecruitment begins for landmark study of adolescent brain development
Recruitment for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States, began today. The landmark study by the...
View ArticleNIH Big Data to Knowledge Initiative (BD2K) - New Funding Announcements
The NIH Big Data to Knowledge initiative (BD2K, https://datascience.nih.gov/bd2k) announces the release of two new RFAs for training in biomedical big data science: RFA-MD-16-002 NIH Big Data to...
View ArticleBuprenorphine Prescribers Treat Below Current Patient Limits
Photo by ©istock.com/ognianm A new NIDA-funded study analysis found that the monthly numbers of opioid use disorder patients treated by buprenorphine prescribers were significantly below current...
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