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Elevated Use of Cannabis, Nicotine Among U.S. Adults Continues Into 2025
National Survey Finds Alcohol, Cigarette, Other Substance Use at Low Levels In 2025, adults in the United States reported using cannabis at or near record-high levels, continuing a long-term trend of increasing use. Nicotine vaping also remained high among young adults. These findings are based...
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New Screening Approach Detects Childhood Mental Health Risks Traditional Methods Miss
At a Glance Screening for home and family stresses may help identify children at risk for depression and sleep disorders that traditional adversity screening misses. This type of screening could be used to identify and intervene with children at risk of mental health...
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NIH Researchers Discover Pain-Relieving Drug with Minimal Addictive Properties
Positive safety profile of novel drug compound is surprise for class of synthetic opioids shelved years ago. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a novel, highly potent opioid that shows potential as a therapy for both pain and opioid use disorder. In a study...
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Dr. John Ngai Named Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced today the selection of John J. Ngai, Ph.D., as director of the NIH’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. Dr. Ngai is expected to join NIH in March. “The BRAIN...
