News tagged with amphetamines
UN reports decline in cultivation of some drugs
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In its annual report on world drug use, the United Nations concludes that global markets for cocaine, opiates and marijuana are holding steady or in decline.
Caution: Lose more than weight with imported diet pills
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Americans who use illegal diet pills from South America are taking amphetamines without knowing it and seriously risking both their health and their jobs. Physicians need to be made aware of the range of serious side effects ...
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Amphetamine use in adolescence may impair adult working memory
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Rats exposed to high doses of amphetamines at an age that corresponds to the later years of human adolescence display significant memory deficits as adults - long after the exposure ends, researchers report.
Study finds link between amphetamine abuse and heart attacks in young adults
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Young adults who abuse amphetamines may be at greater risk of suffering a heart attack, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
Animal research suggests new strategy for treating cocaine addiction
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Apr 07, 2008 |
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New research in monkeys suggests the feasibility of treating cocaine addiction with a “replacement” drug that mimics the effects of cocaine but has less potential for abuse – similar to the way nicotine and heroin addictions ...
1 sleepless night increases dopamine in the human brain
Aug 19, 2008 |
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Just one night without sleep can increase the amount of the chemical dopamine in the human brain, according to new imaging research in the August 20 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Because drugs that increase dopami ...
Workplace drug use declines in 2005
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Drug use among U.S. workers declined to a 17-year low last year a report released Monday by a New York drug-testing company says.
Researchers discover how antidepressants and cocaine interact with brain cell targets
Jul 29, 2008 |
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In a first, scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center have described the specifics of how brain cells process antidepressant drugs, cocaine and amphetamines. These novel findings ...
Fake internet drugs risk lives and fund terrorism, warns journal editor
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 27, 2009 |
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People who buy fake internet drugs could be risking their lives and supporting terrorism, according to an editorial in the February issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Researchers find new way to fight cocaine addiction
Apr 01, 2009 |
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UC Irvine pharmacological researchers have discovered that blocking a hormone related to hunger regulation can limit cocaine cravings. Their findings could herald a new approach to overcoming addiction.
Drug-proof zebrafish reveal secrets of addiction
Jul 31, 2009 |
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The effects of amphetamines on gene expression in zebrafish have been uncovered. This new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, provides clues to the genetics that underlie susceptibility to add ...
Scientists engineer supersensitive receptor, gain better understanding of dopamine system
Oct 14, 2008 |
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Genetically modifying a receptor found on the neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine has given California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers a unique glimpse into the workings of the brain's dopamine ...
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