News tagged with heroin addiction
Girls growing up with heroin-addicted parent more resilient than boys
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Growing up with a heroin-addicted parent exposes children to a variety of detrimental experiences before the age of 18 and new research indicates that girls are four times more resilient than boys in overcoming such adverse ...
Variations in key genes increase Caucasians’ risk of heroin addiction
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, small changes do add up. In the case of addictive diseases, tiny variations in a few genes can increase or decrease the likelihood of some people developing a dependency on heroin. Now, by examining ...
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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.
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.
Research sheds new light on heroin addiction
May 14, 2008 |
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Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the adenosine A2A receptor, which plays a major role in the ...
New findings show additional similarity between opiate and nicotine addiction
Feb 13, 2008 |
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"That was good!" "Do it again." This is what the brain says when people use tobacco, as well as ‘hard drugs’ such as heroin. New research published in the February 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience indicates that t ...
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.
Study focuses on prescription addiction
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of California-San Francisco have started a study to evaluate treatments for addiction to prescription painkillers.
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 ...
Cocaine and heroin harm placenta
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Cocaine and heroin increase permeability of the placenta. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology have shown that exposure to the drugs causes an increase in the ...
Study finds US prison system falls short in treating drug addiction
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Almost a quarter of a million individuals addicted to heroin are incarcerated in the United States each year. However, many prison systems across the country still do not offer medical treatment for heroin and opiate addiction, ...
Psychiatric symptoms may predict Internet addiction in adolescents
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Adolescents with psychiatric symptoms such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), social phobia, hostility and depression may be more likely to develop an Internet addiction, according to a report in the October ...
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