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A. Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is among the costliest and deadliest substance use disorders (SUDs) in the US and world-wide. Opioids (including prescription opioids, heroin, and fentanyl) were involved in more than 42,000 deaths in 2016 in US, more than any year on record and accounting

Ever since the introduction of Spinal anesthesia in 1898 by the German surgeon August Bier, the approach gained wide acceptance by the anesthesia community 1. Since that time, the technique has evolved to accommodate a wide variety of surgical procedures, making it one of the most common regional

In 2014, the estimated population who were suffering from drug abuse and drug-related disorders reached over 29 million worldwide, making it a global health challenge. Moreover, 43.5 per million people die annually from associated drug use. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Substantial evidence demonstrates sex and gender differences in the behavioral, biological, and clinical correlates of substance use disorders. Men tend to initiate use earlier and have higher lifetime prevalence rates of disorder, but women demonstrate more severe withdrawal, more rapid progression

Soybeans contain isoflavones, which are biologically active polyphenols known as antioxidants and phytoestrogens. These isoflavones include daidzin, daidzein, genistin and glycitin, and have been implicated in the beneficial effects of soy consumption. Daidzin and daidzein are isoflavones contained

Gulf War illness (GWI) refers to the complex of symptoms that affects veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War at significantly excess rates. It is characterized by multiple diverse symptoms not explained by established medical diagnoses or standard laboratory tests, symptoms that typically include a

DEFINITIONS ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE CLASSIFICATION Arterial Blood Pressure (ABP) is a complex physiological variable in regard to its measure, behavior between BP taken in the same visit at the office and between these and ABPM, chronobiology (different day time BP levels), evolution in time,

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is a noninvasive technique that can influence specific areas of the brain and has very few side effects. The treatment with transcranial magnetic stimulation requires attendance to hospital daily sessions for 4 consecutive weeks. Each session lasts up to 30

Patients are assigned to the intervention or control group (1:1 ratio) by the research nurse based on a computer-generated allocation sequence. Stratified randomization will be performed to allocate equal numbers of patients with and without diabetes in both groups. This is an open trial without

Primary objective: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) provides a non-invasive means of altering brain neural activity. This pilot study will test whether 5 days of rTMS reduces cue-induced cocaine craving and cocaine use in cocaine users. Hypothesis: We predict that active rTMS will

Deep Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for cessation of pathological gambling Introduction: Pathological gambling (PG) is characterized by a persistent pattern of continued gambling behavior despite its adverse consequences. PG is a chronic, progressive, male-dominated

Once enrolled in the study, subjects will receive evaluations and testing to determine if they meet the necessary criteria for admission into study treatment. Subjects will not be responsible for the costs of any evaluations or tests conducted as part of this study. First, subjects will receive a

Study Design: A six week, open-label, flexible dosing study using quetiapine. Subjects who qualify at Screening will then proceed to the baseline visit. If all inclusion and exclusion criteria are met, subjects will be administered quetiapine at the baseline visit. Enrollment will be 15 subjects.

This study was conducted to evaluate the cardiovascular risk of prescribing up to 90 mg of methylphenidate (MPD) daily for treating cocaine dependence. This within-subject study was completed in an inpatient setting. It was non-blinded for MPD dose and single-blinded for cocaine dose. Each patient