Binge drinking affects male and female brains differently
Gene expression in an area of the brain linked to addiction is affected differently by repeated binge drinking in males
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Problematic Interactive Media Use (PIMU)
Media is everywhere and most of us use some form of it every day without even thinking about it. No
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Scientists take big step toward finding non-addictive painkiller
With the support of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine have been working
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Call for a unified approach to preventing suicides and other self-injury deaths: Study showed the rising rate of estimated self-injury mortality reached 24 deaths per 100,000 people, matching mortality from diabetes.
Self-injury mortality (SIM), a composite of all methods of suicide and estimated non-suicide deaths from drug self-intoxication, has surpassed diabetes
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Cocaine relapse is reversed with BDNF microinjections in the brain
Cocaine relapse was significantly reduced in a preclinical model when brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) was applied to the nucleus accumbens
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Researchers find that hunger hormones offer promising avenue for addiction treatment
Hormones that signal the body’s state of hunger and fullness could be the key to new treatments for drug and
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Altitude sickness drug appears to slow progression of glioblastoma: Acetazolamide increased sensitivity to treatment and enhanced survival in mice
A drug used to treat altitude sickness — as well as glaucoma, epilepsy, heart failure and seizures — may also
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