People who get hospital-based care for cannabis use disorder have a 2.8-fold greater chance of dying within the next five years than people who were of the same age and otherwise had similar health ...

Permanent and non-modifiable risk factors cannot be changed and may alert others to the heightened risk of suicide during periods of the recurrence of a mental or substance abuse disorder or following ...

Substance use disorders and suicide occur more frequently among youth and adults, compared to older persons. For particular groups at risk, such as American Indians and Alaskan Natives, depression and ...

Two new Canadian studies are the largest to date looking at death rates and psychosis associated with cannabis use disorder.

Demographic factors such as age ... bipolar disorder, or substance abuse—increase the risk for suicidal behavior. Some studies have also suggested that specific genetic variants appear to ...

It is more accurate to think of risk factors for the development of substance abuse disorders, rather than direct causes. (There are also factors that protect individuals against addiction.) ...

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 3.8 percent of American adults abuse opioids each year. Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows ...

Roughly 57 and 30 percent of global deaths associated with risk factors and connected to substance abuse and digestive diseases, respectively, can be traced back to alcohol use. While a high ...

Childhood parental divorce increases stroke risk in older adults, even after accounting for other health factors.

Despite continuing methodological developments to detect drug use and associated punishments for positive dope tests ... 57 Little has been done by way of measuring both the acute/chronic effects of ...

Seniors have a 61% higher risk of stroke if their parents divorced when they were children or teenagers, researchers reported ...