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A new study has found that exposing babies to prescription opioids, such as oxycodone, methadone and codeine, while they’re in the womb can increase their risk of developing immune-related conditions – particularly infections, eczema and asthma – in ea… Continue reading Prenatal opioid use linked to greater risk of immune-related conditions
A new study has found that there was no association between using cannabis and non-medical opioid use in people receiving pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder. The findings neither confirm that using cannabis leads to opioid use nor that it’s effect… Continue reading Study suggests cannabis doesn’t lead to opioid use or help reduce it
Around one million people every year suffer from a parasitic condition known as cutaneous leishmaniasis. Spread by sandfly bites, the parasite causes nasty skin ulcerations but for many people the wounds are unexpectedly pain-free. For decades scientis… Continue reading Pain-blocking parasite points to non-opioid painkillers
Researchers are expected to begin human clinical trials in early 2024 to test the safety and efficacy of vaccines to prevent heroin and fentanyl overdoses. While there is still a way to go, if approved, the vaccines could revolutionize the treatment of… Continue reading Vaccines to prevent fentanyl, heroin overdose close to human trials
Researchers have developed a human antibody that targets the opioid fentanyl and its derivatives, blocking the drug’s effects and reversing overdose better than currently available treatments. With clinical trials pending, the novel antibody therapy co… Continue reading Human antibody proves a potent treatment for opioid overdose
Clinical trials of a novel non-opioid analgesic have found it to be effective in reducing acute postoperative pain, opening the door to a new way of managing short-term pain that avoids the pitfalls associated with using opioids.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Novel non-opioid analgesic found to reduce acute postop pain
Despite the risks associated with opioid use, they’re commonly prescribed as a first-line treatment for acute lower back and neck pain. Researchers have found that, compared to opioids, a placebo is more effective in reducing acute – short-term – back … Continue reading Placebo proves better than opioids at treating acute back and neck pain
While opioids like fentanyl and oxycodone are among the most powerful painkillers known to modern medicine, they are also extremely addictive and therefore, increasingly hard to get – even for those suffering from severe pain. A new finding may offer h… Continue reading New study identifies pathway to non-addictive pain relief
Last summer the BBC technology program “Click” came to visit the lab for a special called “Can Technology Solve the Opioid Crisis?” One of the points we stressed with @NickKwek was that when we report opiods and fentanyl-related posts to Fac… Continue reading Facebook’s Transparency Report: (Expert) Supervised Machine Learning Works!
Pixar technical director Alonso Martinez sees AI as a tool for empathy. Continue reading How AI Can Help Us Understand Pain and Suffering