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| UCLA Psychologist Says People Can Overcome Their Addictions, But Not Quickly | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 |
| Millions of Americans suffer from severe addictions that can ruin lives and are extremely difficult to control. Nearly 2 million enter roughly 12,000 addiction treatment programs in the U.S. each year. And each month, some 15,000 people turn to Adi Jaffe's All About Addiction websites and at Psychology Today, which provide information, the latest research and answers to readers' questions... | |
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| Drink-Driving: Decision-Making Deficits Related To Driving Under The Influence Are Often Undetected | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| Driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol is a major public health problem. A study of people who had relapsed to DUI found subtle deficits in their decision-making abilities that tend to go undetected through conventional neuropsychological testing. Results will be published in the December 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View... | |
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| Acamprosate Prevents Relapse To Drinking In Alcoholism | Wed, 08 Sep 2010 |
| Acamprosate reduces the number of patients being treated for alcoholism who return to drinking, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The drug showed moderate benefits in trials when used in addition to non-drug treatments. Drinking too much alcohol increases the risk of ill health... | |
| Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk Of Violent Crime | Wed, 08 Sep 2010 |
| A new study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder - or manic-depressive disorder - does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with bipolar disorder in violent crime statistics is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse... | |
| Brain Function, Task Performance In Cocaine Abusers, Improved By Ritalin | Wed, 08 Sep 2010 |
| A brain-scanning study at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducted with collaborators from Stony Brook University, reveals that an oral dose of methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, improves impaired brain function and enhances cognitive performance in people who are addicted to cocaine... | |
| Codeine-Ibuprofen Misuse Results In Serious Morbidity, Australia | Mon, 06 Sep 2010 |
| Although codeine-ibuprofen can be considered a relatively weak opioid analgesic, it is nevertheless addictive and more research is needed to develop health care responses to its misuse, according to an article in the Medical Journal of Australia... | |
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| Gene Doping Detectable With A Simple Blood Test | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| German scientists from Tübingen and Mainz have developed a blood test that can reliably detect gene doping even after 56 days. Scientists at the universities in Tübingen and Mainz have developed a test that can provide conclusive proof of gene doping... | |
| BMA Scotland Welcomes Announcement Of Minimum Price For Alcohol | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| The BMA has welcomed plans to set the minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland at 45 pence. Commenting on the proposed price announced by the Cabinet Secretary this morning, Dr Brian Keighley, chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said that so far, no credible alternative to minimum pricing had been identified by opposition parties and he urged them to back the Alcohol Bill... | |
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| New UNH Research Shows Risk Of Marijuana's 'Gateway Effect' Overblown | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana - that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults - is overblown. Whether teenagers who smoked pot will use other illicit drugs as young adults has more to do with life factors such as employment status and stress, according to the new research... | |
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| Addiction, Compulsive Eating May Be Linked By Biochemical Pathway | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Ezlopitant, a compound known to suppress craving for alcohol in humans, was shown to decrease consumption of sweetened water by rodents in a study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, which is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco... | |
| Floridians Prepare To Take Back The State | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| September's National Pain Awareness Month has never been more important for the state of Florida. Recent data from the Florida Medical Examiner shows residents are dying at a rate of at least 7 per day as a result of prescription drug abuse... | |
| Michael Douglas Says He Has Stage Four Throat Cancer | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Michael Douglas told a US television audience on Tuesday night that he has been diagnosed with and is receiving treatment for stage four throat cancer. Speaking on David Letterman's "Late Show" to promote the release of his new film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps", the 65- year old American actor and producer said his doctors had told him he has an 80 per cent chance of survival... | |
| Addressing Health Problems Of Alcohol Requires Society Wide Response | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Responding to figures from the North West Public Health Observatory on the effects of alcohol consumption, NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber said it was up to society as a whole to address the problems of excessive drinking Commenting on the release of Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE) by the North West Public Health Observatory, Jo webber, deputy poli... | |
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| Research Reveals Higher Rates Of Substance Use By Hispanic Students | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Hispanic middle school students may be more likely to smoke, drink or use marijuana than their peers of other races and ethnicities, whereas Asian students seem to have the lowest risk, according to new research in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs... | |
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