Friends of NIDA, Congressional Briefing: Substance Abuse and the Military Community

Friends of NIDA, Congressional Briefing: Substance Abuse and the Military Community – Friends of NIDA hosted a congressional brief titled, “Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families: How Substance Abuse Research is Effecting Positive Cha…

Elcelyx Therapeutics Enrolling Phase 2b Trial of NewMet for Type 2 Diabetes

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Phase 2a trial results indicate that a significantly lower once-daily dose of NewMet that maintains efficacy may meaningfully reduce metformin's gastrointestinal side effects and eliminate the need for titration to initiate treatment. … to metformin …
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Seeking Clues to Military Suicides

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And even when we come up with a long list of potential reasons, from untreated depression or drug abuse to the breakup of a relationship, there is almost never a satisfying explanation. And how … One can only hope that the military can find the …
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The ragedy of PTSD: It afflicts vets and others, but help is available

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He shows me around his neat apartment in one of three complexes run by U.S. Vets in Las Vegas. U.S. Vets is a national nonprofit that helps veterans beat drug and alcohol addiction, find jobs and housing. On one wall of his bedroom, Leonard keeps a …
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Take-Back Day offers chance to dispose of drugs safely

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This report also recommends the establishment of a military drug take-back program to help combat this prescription drug abuse. That is why I am introducing a bill, the “Servicemembers and Veterans Prescriptions Drug Safety Act,” which would require …
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