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Teen Lifestyles Were Less Healthy in 2023 Compared to 2013, CDC Report Shows

Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 -- U.S. teenagers still struggle to make healthy choices when it comes to diet, exercise and sleep, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report says.Specifically, the percentage of students eating healthy.

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Buprenorphine now replaces methadone as the most common medicine for opioid dependence’: 10-year trends in opioid agonist treatment medicines in Australia

National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre Blog

We converted information on monthly sales of methadone, sublingual buprenorphine (+/- naloxone) and buprenorphine between 2013 and 2022 into an estimate of the number of clients receiving these medicines each month, based on average doses in Australia (“client-months”). Chidwick, K., Farrell, M., & Degenhardt, L. Vol 123, p.

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Non-stop flight: 4,200 km transatlantic flight of the Painted Lady butterfly mapped

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In October 2013 a researcher made a surprising discovery of Painted Lady Butterflies on the Atlantic beaches of French Guiana -- a species not typically found in South America. This unusual sighting prompted an international study to investigate the origin of these butterflies.

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Overactive Bladder Diagnoses Tripled, but Treatment Is Still Rare

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22, 2025 -- A sudden need to urinate is more common than previously known, but treatment is less common.Diagnoses for overactive bladder more than tripled between 2013 and 2017, after the American Urological Association (AUA). WEDNESDAY, Jan.

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In Every U.S. State, at Least 1 in 5 People Is Now Obese

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2013, not one state had an adult obesity rate topping 35%, but 10. THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 2024 -- Statistics from 2023 on U.S. obesity rates bring no good news: In every state in the nation, 1 in every 5 people is now obese, the new tally shows.In

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Americans Short on Sleep, Stressed Out About It: Poll

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This is nearly a reversal of the figures last measured in 2013, MONDAY, April 15, 2024 -- While more than half of Americans say they would feel better with more sleep, only 42% say they are getting as much shut-eye as they need, a new poll finds."This

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Breakthrough for pancreatic cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

In 2013 2 , Dr Shokat and his team developed the first cancer drugs to stop a different K-Ras mutation, G12C. Their 2013 research allowed them to develop a template for chemicals that reliably found their way into that corner of the protein. Nature [Internet] 2013 November 20 [2024 March 6]; 503:548-51. Available from: [link]