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Half of addicts quit after 6 months of treatment
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- About half of heroin and crack cocaine addicts in England's treatment programs quit the drugs after six months, a new study says.
Genes influence impulsive behavior, preceding the development of alcoholism
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Numerous studies have shown that highly impulsive behavior - defined as the tendency to choose small, immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards - is more prevalent in drug addicts and alcoholics compared to individuals ...
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Should heroin be prescribed to addicts?
Jan 11, 2008 |
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In this week’s BMJ experts debate whether heroin should be prescribed to addicts who are difficult to treat.
Addiction treatment gets tested
Mar 18, 2007 |
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Heroin addicts in Scotland are undergoing a treatment involving low-level electrical impulses to determine if NeuroElectric Therapy actually works.
70 percent of drug-addicted men admit they consume drugs to increase their sexual pleasure
Mar 04, 2009 |
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72.28 per cent of drug addict men admit to have consumed drugs to be able to have sexual relations and most of them (58%) choose cocaine to this purpose, the narcotic which increases the most sexual incapacitation. On the ...
Could brain abnormality predict drug addiction?
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The University of Nottingham are to use MRI technology to discover whether abnormalities in the decision-making part of the brain could make some people more likely to become addicted to drugs.
Emotional 'bummer' of cocaine addiction mimicked in animals
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Cocaine addicts often suffer a downward emotional spiral that is a key to their craving and chronic relapse. While researchers have developed animal models of the reward of cocaine, they have not been able to model this emotional ...
Halting retrieval of drug-associated memories may prevent addiction relapse
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Disrupting the brain's retrieval of drug-associated memories may prevent relapse in drug addiction, according to new research in the August 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers reduced drug-seeking behavi ...
Cocaine cravings are studied
Jun 15, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they have found the brain chemistry that underlies "cue-induced" craving in cocaine addicts.
Drug turns patients into gambling addicts
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 18, 2006 |
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Scottish researchers have found that drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease appear to turn some patients into gambling addicts.
Cyber junkies can unplug at US retreat
Aug 21, 2009 |
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The first US retreat for Internet addicts has opened its doors, welcoming a teenager that was captive to World of Warcraft online role-playing videogame.
Excessive exercise can be addicting, new study says
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Although exercise is good for your health, extreme exercise may be physically addicting. Rats given a drug that produces withdrawal in heroin addicts went into withdrawal after running excessively in exercise wheels, according ...
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