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Fearless kids more likely to be adult criminals: study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children who lack a normal fear response are more likely to commit crimes when they grow up, a study published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggested.


Painkiller patch creates addiction

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Morphine patches are supposed to reduce use of painkillers, and provide more control over their use in chronic pain conditions. But researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and St. Olavs Hospital ...


70 percent of drug-addicted men admit they consume drugs to increase their sexual pleasure

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...





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Widespread stress among vets

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Veterinarians frequently suffer psychosocial stress and demoralization associated with heavy workloads. Research published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology analyses the extent ...


Withdrawal syndrome after consumption of 'Spice Gold'

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A clinical report from Dresden supports the impression that "Spice Gold" is strongly addictive.


Increased risk of injury even after first glass

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most alcohol-related damage occurs after moderate consumption, according to a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet on the association between alcohol and injury.


Impact of narcotics is greater on mentally ill

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created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Narcotics have an irreversible effect on the brains of people already suffering from mental illness, according to Dr. Stéphane Potvin of the Université de Montréal affiliated Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin ...


Study examines association between caffeine consumption and breast cancer risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Caffeine consumption does not appear to be associated with overall breast cancer risk, according to a report in the October 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. However, there is a possibility of increased risk for wo ...


Youths Use Drink Labels to Choose Strongest Drink at Lowest Cost

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Contrary to the industry's position that visible drink labels will promote responsible drinking, young people are, instead, using these visible standard drink labels to increase or even maximize the amount of alcohol they ...


One drug may help people both lay down the drink and put out the cigarette

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A popular smoking cessation drug dramatically reduced the amount a heavy drinker will consume, a new Yale School of Medicine study has found. Heavy-drinking smokers in a laboratory setting were much less likely to drink after ...


Parental supervision during high school may curb college drinking problems

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parental monitoring can reduce high-school drinking and, as a result, have a protective effect on students’ drinking at college, says research published this week in the online open access journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Pr ...


Debate sparked over U.S. drug spending

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created Oct 23, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A doctor at New York's Weill Cornell Medical College has defended U.S. drug spending, which accounts for 42 percent of drug sale money worldwide.


Drunken fruit flies help scientists find potential drug target for alcoholism

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A group of drunken fruit flies have helped researchers from North Carolina State and Boston universities identify entire networks of genes—also present in humans—that play a key role in alcohol drinking behavior. This discovery, ...



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