Search Results for: United States

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020

Geopersonality of Preventable Death in the United States: Anger-Prone States and Opioid Deaths.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Feb 03, 2020 Opioid overdoses have reached epidemic levels in the United States and have clustered in Northeastern and “Rust Belt” states. Five Factor Model (FFM) personality traits ... Read more

February 6, 2020

National Analysis of Patients With Ulcerated Melanoma in the United States.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Feb 01, 2020 Ulceration is associated with unfavorable prognosis in patients with melanoma. The present study aimed to analyze the characteristics associated with ulcerated melanoma in the United ... Read more

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020

Opioid prescribing patterns among medical providers in the United States, 2003-17: retrospective, observational study.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jan 29, 2020 To examine the distribution and patterns of opioid prescribing in the United States. Retrospective, observational study. National private insurer covering all 50 US states and ... Read more

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020

Feasibility of Using a Nationally Representative Telephone Survey to Monitor Multiple Sclerosis Prevalence in the United States.

Multiple Sclerosis Literature

Publication date: Jan 28, 2020 Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic neurologic disease of young adults, placing a heavy burden on patients, families, and the healthcare system. Ongoing ... Read more

January 25, 2020January 25, 2020

Sources of Misused Prescription Opioids and Their Association with Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in the United States: Sex and Age Differences.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jan 24, 2020 Background: Prescription opioid (PO) misuse and prescription opioid use disorder (POUD) are a national crisis in the USA. To inform strategies for reducing the PO ... Read more

January 18, 2020

Socioeconomic risk factors for fatal opioid overdoses in the United States: Findings from the Mortality Disparities in American Communities Study (MDAC).

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jun 14, 2019 Understanding relationships between individual-level demographic, socioeconomic status (SES) and U.S. opioid fatalities can inform interventions in response to this crisis. The Mortality Disparities in American ... Read more

January 13, 2020

The rise in non-fatal and fatal overdoses involving stimulants with and without opioids in the United States.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jan 07, 2020 To examine trends and recent changes in non-fatal and fatal stimulant overdose rates with and without opioids to improve the descriptive characterization of the US ... Read more

January 9, 2020

Bacterial Infections Associated with Substance Use Disorders, Large Cohort of United States Hospitals, 2012-2017.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jan 07, 2020 Rises in incidence of bacterial infections such as endocarditis have been reported in conjunction with the opioid crisis, but recent trends for infective endocarditis (IE) ... Read more

January 7, 2020

Prescription opioid misuse among adolescents and emerging adults in the United States: A scoping review.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jan 03, 2020 The U.S. opioid epidemic is a critical public health problem. As substance use and misuse typically begin in adolescence and emerging adulthood, there is a ... Read more

January 5, 2020

Opioid Prescribing Among Adults With Disabilities in the United States After the 2014 Federal Hydrocodone Rescheduling Regulation.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jan 01, 2020 Deaths from prescription opioid overdoses have reached an epidemic level in the United States, particularly among persons with disabilities. The 2014 federal rescheduling regulation is ... Read more