Research New Study Will Examine How COVID Deepened the Opioid Crisis By Mark Michaud Jul. 27, 2022 Opioid-related deaths jumped more than 28 percent in the first year of the pandemic. A new grant will examine how COVID disruptions contributed to the increase and what can be done to reverse this ...
Community As Drug Overdose Deaths Climb, Experts Assess Strategies to Stem the Tide By Emily Boynton May. 10, 2022 Stemming the opioid crisis in rural communities requires taking action to overcome the stigma and health inequity that have increased barriers to recovery from substance use disorder.
Research Changes in the brain hinder addiction recovery in people who are HIV-positive By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Dec. 20, 2021 Researchers with the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at URMC are studying how the brain puts the 'brakes' on behavior. That may be different in individuals recovering from cocaine addiction and ...
Research Fracking Comes at the Expense of Water Quality By Mark Michaud Aug. 25, 2021 In a perspective piece that appears in the journal Science, Elaine Hill, Ph.D., calls for tighter regulation and monitoring of fracking as more evidence points to the negative health consequences of ...
Research URMC Psychiatry Awarded Additional $2.5M to Combat Opioids in Rural Communities By Karin Christensen Jul. 15, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry has been awarded an additional $2.5 million to expand the scope of its UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence project.
Research Study: The Opioid Crisis May Be Far Worse than We Thought By URMC Communications Feb. 27, 2020 New research appearing in the journal Addiction shows that the number of deaths attributed to opioid-related overdoses could be 28 percent higher than reported due to incomplete death records. ...
Patient Care URMC Awarded $6.7M to Combat Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities By Karin Christensen Jan. 13, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been named one of the three Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorder in the country, and awarded a $6.7 million federal grant to identify ...
Patient Care Adolescent, Young Adult Clinics Open at UR Medicine’s Strong Recovery, Strong Ties By Karin Christensen Jan. 5, 2020 Two new Community Division programs at the University of Rochester Medical Center provide comprehensive care for adolescents and young adults facing both substance use and mental health concerns.
Research Chemicals in Vaping Flavors Cause Widespread Damage to Lung Tissue By Mark Michaud Dec. 18, 2019 New research appearing in the journal Scientific Reports unpacks the list of chemicals that comprise flavored e-liquids and pods used in vaping and details their harmful effects to lung tissue, ...
Research Physicians Create Guide for Identifying, Treating Vaping Lung Illness By Leslie White Nov. 8, 2019 As lung injuries from vaping continue to rise across the United States, Rochester physicians and New York health leaders developed a new tool to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of e-cigarette, ...