Discovery of a key mechanism in the brain that regulates vulnerability to nicotine addiction could pave the way for new anti-smoking treatments that boost a signalling pathway that is normally weaker in susceptible individuals because of a gene mutation, said US researchers in a Nature study published online this week…
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Participating in community service activities and helping others is not just good for the soul; it has a healing effect that helps alcoholics and other addicts become and stay sober, a researcher from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reports. In a review article published in the Volume 29 issue of Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Maria E…
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute faculty member leads study resulting in new insight on rehabilitating brain function in addicts People with addictions to stimulants tend to choose instant gratification or a smaller but sooner reward over a future benefit, even if the future reward is greater…
If you are a smoker, giving up could be the single best action you have ever done for your health. Also known as smoking cessation or quitting, it generally refers to the inhalation of tobacco smoke, which for many people can be extremely difficult because they have a strong physical addiction to a substance found in tobacco smoke – nicotine…
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Reuters, in a piece exploring the issue of heroin use in Russia describes how the country’s “drug problem has now become an AIDS problem.” Despite having what Reuters refers to as “one of the world’s biggest heroin problems, with up to three million addicts according to local non-governmental organizations …
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Retired NFL players use painkillers at a much higher rate than the rest of us, according to new research conducted by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
The charity DrugScope, the UK’s leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and drug use, has responded to today’s publication of ‘Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2010′ (NHS/Health and Social care Information Centre). The data for drug related hospital admissions for a ‘primary diagnosis’ show a 2…
The growing numbers of new cases of substance abuse disorders are perplexing. After all, the course of drug addiction so often ends badly…
A sharp 3.9 per cent fall in UK beer sales in 2010, largely brought on by huge rises in Beer Tax, is hitting Britain’s already battered public finances, according to the latest UK Quarterly Beer Barometer published today by the British Beer & Pub Association…
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Reacting to Office for National Statistics figures which reveal a reduction in alcohol-related deaths, Chris Sorek, Chief Executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, says: “It’s really encouraging to see a drop in alcohol-related deaths but the fact that thousands of people are still dying from alcohol misuse shows we must not rest on our laurels…
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