Prescription opioid use, misuse, and diversion among street drug users in New York City.
CONCLUSIONS: POs are an important component of street drug users' drug-taking regimes, especially those who are Physically Ill Chemical Abusers (PICA). Future research is needed to model PO use, misuse, and diversion among this population.
PMID: 17913395 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
Early Signs Of Disease Detected By Metabolic 'Breathalyzer'
The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a breathalyzer-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. New research published online in February in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism demonstrates a simple but sensitive method that can distinguish normal and disease-state glucose metabolism by a quick assay of blood or exhaled air. Many diseases, including diabetes, cancer, and infections, alter the body's metabolism in distinctive ways... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
