GENDER AND RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN ADDICTION SEVERITY, HIV RISK, AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ADULTS IN OPIOID DETOXIFICATION: RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK

Gender and racial/ethnic differences in addiction severity, HIV risk, and quality of life among adults in opioid detoxification: results from the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network

Li-Tzy Wu1,2, Walter Ling3, Bruce Burchett1, Dan G Blazer1,2, Jack Shostak2, George E Woody41Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, 2Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; 3David Geffen School of Medicine, NPI/Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Lo

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Better drugs for Lyme disease: focus on the spirochete

Raphael B Stricker,1 Marianne J Middelveen2 1Union Square Medical Associates, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Atkins Veterinary Services, Calgary, AB, Accessory (Set of 5) Canada Abstract: Twenty-five years ago, the AIDS epidemic was wreaking havoc around the world.Although “HIV denialists” threatened to undermine research efforts to combat th

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Sleep overlap syndrome

Overlap syndrome, which is known as the coexistence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), was first defined by Flenley.Although it can refer to concomitant occurrence of any of the pulmonary diseases and OSA, overlap syndrome is commonly considered as the coexistence of OSA and COPD.This disease has uniq

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