References and abstracts of articles on drug and alcohol use of American Indian youth that have been published by staff of the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research are provided. Publications begin in 1978, noting high rates of use, particularly of inhalants. Subsequent papers are concerned with epidemiology, psychosocial correlates of use, prevention, and treatment. The number preceding ea...

BACKGROUND Previous studies showed that isoflurane-induced cognitive deficits could be alleviated by dexmedetomidine in young animal subjects. In the current study, we examine whether dexmedetomidine could also alleviate isoflurane-induced cognitive deficits in senile animals. METHODS Senile male C57BL/6 mice (20 months) received dexmedetomidine (50 μg/kg, i.p.) or vehicle 30 minutes prior to...

BACKGROUND A number of reports have demonstrated that rodents immunized with DNA vaccines can produce antibodies and cellular immune responses presenting a long-lasting protective immunity. These findings have attracted considerable interest in the field of DNA vaccination. We have previously described the prophylactic and therapeutic effects of a DNA vaccine encoding the Mycobacterium leprae 6...

Drug breakthroughs and development have been a great blessing to mankind. Problem arises when these are used in non-medical context such as use for recreational purposes, using drugs outside the label directions, with malicious intent found homicidal cases. Young generations get trapped into vicious cycle of drug addiction that has deleterious effects on their mind body. Drugs including psychom...

Introduction: The leading protective mechanism of the lungs is processes deposition inhaled substances and mucociliary clearance (MCC), optimal method for studying which dynamic radioaerosol scintigraphy. are not available on market. applicant in this regard a number characteristics radiopharmaceutical from albumin, produced Russian Federation under brand name Macrotech (M). It used perfusion s...

aims: drug addiction is a mental, social, and economic problem that comes from abnormal and illicit consumption of substances such as alcohol, opium, hashish, and etc., making the addict psychologically and physiologically dependent to those substances. this study was designed and performed to evaluate the pattern of drug abuse change in the addicts visiting addiction treatment centers of kasha...

Aim: Substance abuse has a detrimental impact on an individual, families and communities posing major public health challenges. Therefore, the present study been designed to level of prevalence drug among youth its association with socio demographic various risk factors.
 Methodology: The research was conducted 500 students in age range 12-25 years. district Kangra Himachal Pradesh, India....