[HTML][HTML] The rise of illicit fentanyls, stimulants and the fourth wave of the opioid overdose crisis

D Ciccarone - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2021 - journals.lww.com
A 'fourth wave'of high mortality involving methamphetamine and cocaine use has been
gathering force in the USA. Availability and use of illicit fentanyls are still the major drivers of …

Burden and cost of gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic diseases in the United States: update 2018

AF Peery, SD Crockett, CC Murphy, JL Lund, ES Dellon… - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Estimates of disease burden can inform national health priorities for
research, clinical care, and policy. We aimed to estimate health care use and spending …

Comparative effectiveness of different treatment pathways for opioid use disorder

SE Wakeman, MR Larochelle, O Ameli… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although clinical trials demonstrate the superior effectiveness of medication for
opioid use disorder (MOUD) compared with nonpharmacologic treatment, national data on …

Cancer statistics, 2019

RL Siegel, KD Miller, A Jemal - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer
cases and deaths that will occur in the United States and compiles the most recent data on …

EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C: final update of the series☆

JM Pawlotsky, F Negro, A Aghemo, M Berenguer… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, with
approximately 71 million chronically infected individuals worldwide. Clinical care for patients …

[PDF][PDF] Hepatitis C guidance 2019 update: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases–Infectious Diseases Society of America recommendations for testing …

MG Ghany, TR Morgan… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
HCV infection, risk-based screening failed to identify the majority of individuals with HCV
infection due to both clinician and patient barriers.(9-12) Analysis of the 2003-2010 National …

Polysubstance use in the US opioid crisis

WM Compton, RJ Valentino, RL DuPont - Molecular Psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
Interventions to address the US opioid crisis primarily target opioid use, misuse, and
addiction, but because the opioid crisis includes multiple substances, the opioid specificity of …

[PDF][PDF] Estimating prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 2013‐2016

MG Hofmeister, EM Rosenthal, LK Barker… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most commonly reported bloodborne infection in the
United States, causing substantial morbidity and mortality and costing billions of dollars …

EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C 2018

JM Pawlotsky, F Negro, A Aghemo, M Berenguer… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, with
approximately 71 million chronically infected individuals worldwide. Clinical care for patients …

Declining life expectancy in the United States: missing the trees for the forest

S Harper, CA Riddell, NB King - Annual review of public health, 2021 - annualreviews.org
In recent years, life expectancy in the United States has stagnated, followed by three
consecutive years of decline. The decline is small in absolute terms but is unprecedented …