In etiology and pathogenesis of diabetes, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome and many other diseases the main role pertains to metabolic disorder. But apparent changes in plasmas concentration of protein, lipids, glucose and other substances are not detected in the fi rst stage of these diseases. This fact may be explained by earlier unknown phenomenon, called adsorptiontransport function of e...

Youth homelessness is a growing problem in the United States. The experience of homelessness appears to have numerous adverse consequences, including psychiatric and substance use disorders. This study compared the frequencies of psychiatric disorders, including substance use, between homeless youth (18-24 years-old) in San Francisco (N = 31) and Chicago (N = 56). Subjects were administered the...

Introduction: Caffeine is one of the most popular and consumed substances worldwide. The prevalence caffeinated beverage consumption stands quite high among young people in some professions, such as law enforcement. Aims: aim our study was to assess lifetime daily caffeine consumption, extent use disorder enforcement students. Methods: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey conducted Hun...

one of the main important and challenging issues in substance use disorders is the comorbidity of diseases. in fact, substance use disorder falls into a special circumstance that is unlike any other disease in medical science. substance abuse patients typically and on purpose use illegal drugs (poison) in aim of damaging their nervous system and change function of their brains by applying subst...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of drug use disorders, the correlates of drug use, and the utilization of specialized treatment services for drug users among the Mexican urban population 18-65 years old. METHODS The data were collected in 2001 and 2002 in the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey. The sample design was stratified probabilistically for six geographical areas of the country ...