background opium addiction is a major issue amongst burn-patients in iran. a few studies have addressed interactions between burn and addiction. objectives the aim of the present study was to compare mortality and morbidity between addicted and non-addicted patients with burn injuries. patients and methods this research was a prospective paired matched-cohort study that was conducted from octob...

3913 Cell Cycle Volume 11 issue 21 Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) drive cell cycle progression and control transcriptional processes. The dysregulation of multiple CDK family members occurs commonly in human cancer; in particular, the cyclin D-CDK4/6-retinoblastoma protein (RB)-iNK4 axis is universally disrupted, facilitating cancer cell proliferation and prompting long-standing interest in ta...

By attempting to quit and seeking help from others, you've already taken a remarkable first step in the direction of change. For those who may be unfamiliar, methadone is a synthetic opioid drug that is commonly used to treat narcotic or opiate addiction (such as heroin). Regardless of whether you started taking methadone to treat a drug addiction, pain, or for recreational purposes, it can be ...

Drug and Alcohol Services, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW. Stephen M Jurd, MB BS, FRANZCP, FAChAM, Medical Director, Area Drug and Alcohol Services, Northern Sydney Health; and Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney. Reprints: Dr S M Jurd, Drug and Alcohol Services, Royal North Shore Hospital, Herbert St, St Leonards, NSW 2065. [email protected] The Medical Journal of...

ERIC J. NESTLER and ROBERT C. MALENKA study the molecular basis of drug addiction. Nestler, professor in and chair of the department of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1998. Malenka, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, joined the faculty there after...

By attempting to quit and seeking help from others, you've already taken a remarkable first step in the direction of change. For those who may be unfamiliar, methadone is a synthetic opioid drug that is commonly used to treat narcotic or opiate addiction (such as heroin). Regardless of whether you started taking methadone to treat a drug addiction, pain, or for recreational purposes, it can be ...

conclusions the results showed that having an addicted husband could strongly affect some sexual domains in women. it could change the pattern of desire and motivation for sexual contact in females and alter their attitude toward the sexual relationship, thereby causing disturbances in the females’ normal sexual function. results according to the results, the frequency of hypoactive sexual desi...

Background and aims Data on Internet addiction (IA) and its association with personality disorder are rare. Previous studies are largely restricted to clinical samples and insufficient measurement of IA. Methods Cross-sectional analysis data are based on a German sub-sample (n = 168; 86 males; 71 meeting criteria for IA) with increased levels of excessive Internet use derived from a general pop...