BACKGROUND We investigated whether beliefs about addiction being a 'disease' or 'brain disease', and holding certain beliefs about addiction aetiology, are associated with public views about addicted persons and support for different types of treatment, coerced treatment and punishment for addiction. METHODS Data were collected as part of the 2012 Queensland Social Survey, a computer assisted...

Laryngeal cancer is a disease of old age and the most common age of presentation is 6Th. 7Th decade of life. This disease is more common in men, but male to female ratio has been decreased from 15:1 to 4:1 during the last forty years. The most common risk factors are cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption. This cross – sectional study carried out to determine the age of laryngeal cancer from...

Background: There is considerable rise in elderly population as per 2011 census of India and majority of them are residing in rural areas. Objective: To study health problems amongst the elderly population of Rural areas of Pune, Maharashtra. To study pattern of addictions amongst the elderly population of rural areas of Pune, Maharashtra. Materials and methods: A community based cross-sectiona...

BACKGROUND Serious health problems and socioeconomic consequences of the illicit use of opiates have been proved in both developed and developing societies. OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate" The effects of opiate addiction through different administration routes on pulmonary inflammation and its severity." MATERIALS AND METHODS Our experiments were performed on eighteen adult male Syrian gol...

People struggling with addiction are neither powerless over their addiction, nor are they fully in control. Lewis vigorously objects to the brain disease model of addiction (BDMA), because it makes people lose belief in their self-efficacy, and hence hinders their recovery. Although he acknowledges that there is a compulsive state in addiction, he objects to the claim that this compulsion is ca...

Background: Globally maximum student are using smartphone and it’s popular to use it. Smartphone addiction will give wrong impact on their life. Few previously conducted researches say that can have effect academics, psychology, physiology etc.Objective: Present study is having objective of assessing among undergraduate students.Methodology: Research design used for was cross sectional research...