Monthly Archives: April 2023

Since 2014, overall life expectancy in the US has fallen for three years in a row, reversing a century-long trend of steadily declining mortality rates. This decrease in life expectancy reflects a dramatic increase in deaths from so-called “deaths of … Continue reading →

We uniquely examined how GM status is related to risk for SUDs. This is an important contribution as studies assessing SUDs by gender identity are limited and typically focused on substance use instead of abuse . In contrast to findings … Continue reading →

Like other phospholipid metabolites, N-acyl PEs and NAEs accumulate rapidly in the CNS after the inception of an ischemic injury . This response, likely caused by postischemic rises in the concentration of free Ca21 , may confuse quantitative analysis unless … Continue reading →

Caretakers provided informed consent and adolescents provided assent until age 17 and consent thereafter. We restricted analysis to adolescents at ages, as substance use by year was rare at younger ages: 93.9% and 84.5% did not use marijuana or alcohol, … Continue reading →

Notably, the correlations between cigarette demand indices and WSWS negative affect scores have not been previously reported. Although our participants were relatively satiated with smoking when they completed the CPT, these findings suggest that smokers’ withdrawal experience was positively associated with … Continue reading →

The participation of some participants can be interrupted due to drug-related police arrest or methadone treatment fatigue. This limitation can be minimized as we will select clinics with low drop-out rates. We have officially informed the local police on the … Continue reading →

Raw scores for each of these component tests were converted to demographically-adjusted T-scores , including adjustments for age, education, gender, and ethnicity as available for each test. The demographically adjusted T-scores for each test were then converted into deficit scores, which reflect degree … Continue reading →

If the link between inflammation and depression is causal, our results suggest that treatment with selected anti-inflammatory medications might benefit mood and life quality in some PWH. Depressed mood was specifically associated with a factor loading on d-dimer, IL-6 and CRP. Factor analysis is … Continue reading →

Revenues, based on a 20% state tax on sales, are anticipated to be $52 million a year.Public lands advocates were, of course, up in arms against the government redirecting funds away from the protection of public lands as expressly dictated … Continue reading →