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Researchers found that those who received hospital-based care for the disorder were at six times the risk ... alcohol," Bierut said. "Some can use it with no difficulty and others will develop ...

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With regard to the evaluation of risk factors, we only took into account those risk factors related to drug prescriptions or patients' conditions: excess doses of drugs based on reference data ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and ...

A few days ago, a 46-year-old man from Kathmandu was brought to a private clinic for psychiatric treatment for alcohol addiction. The patient told ... “Biological, financial, and social factors, among ...

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