Street Children Show High Levels Of Drug Use — Medical News Today
2014-01-04 18:33:57
Drug use is common among street children, posing serious threats to both their health and their ...
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Drug use is common among street children, posing serious threats to both their health and their chances for reintegration into society. It’s difficult to reduce drug use among street children without a good understanding of the problem, and up to now the research has been confined mainly to local studies with inconsistent results. Addiction has […]
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New studies show life events influence genes important for memory and drug use — Medical News Today
2014-01-03 18:33:56
New human and animal research just released demonstrates how experiences impact genes that influence ...
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New human and animal research just released demonstrates how experiences impact genes that influence behavior and health. These studies, presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health, provide new insights into how experience might produce long-term brain changes […]
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Clinical trial evaluates outpatient detoxification in prescription opioid abusers — Medical News Today
2014-01-03 18:33:54
Patients addicted to prescription opioids (POs) who are taking buprenorphine (a medication used in ...
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Patients addicted to prescription opioids (POs) who are taking buprenorphine (a medication used in opioid addiction treatment) may respond better to tapering of the drug over four weeks than over shorter periods when the taper is followed by naltrexone (a medication that blocks opioid strength), according to a clinical trial report by Stacey C. Sigmon, […]
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Addictive Behaviour — A Choice Or A Brain Disease? — Medical News Today
2014-01-03 18:33:53
New research shows that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in specific regions of the ...
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New research shows that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in specific regions of the brain that are implicated in determining the value of actions, in planning actions and in motivation. Dr. Alain Dagher, from McGill University, suggests abnormal interactions between these decision-making brain regions could underlie addiction. These results were presented at […]
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Study looks at how patients and their doctors discuss risks involved in taking opioids for chronic pain — Medical News Today
2014-01-02 18:33:57
Although the popular press — from entertainment news to the crime blotter — has paid ...
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Although the popular press — from entertainment news to the crime blotter — has paid significant attention to the dangers of hydrocodone, oxycodone and other opioids, little is known about whether and how this issue comes up in discussions between chronic pain patients and their physicians. A pilot study by researchers from the Roudebush VA […]
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