Intramodular and intermodular network features of each treatment. Credit: Kimbrough et al., eNeuro Withdrawal from three different drugs shuffles brain networks in similar fashion. Zeroing…
Posts published in “Addiction”
Auto Added by WPeMatico
Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019 among people ages 18-64 in the United States, according to a study by the National…
The new study looked at withdrawal symptoms people experienced from the drug ‘Spice,’ which contains synthetic drugs originally designed to mimic the effects of cannabis.…
UC Davis Health study warns of risks associated with opioid dose tapering. Opioid therapy is complex. In recent years, a rise in opioid-related deaths and…
A small group of nerve cells in the brain determines whether an individual continues to consume alcohol even when it has negative consequences. This is…
A new study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers of more the 400,000 Medicare patients taking medications for insomnia found that the risk of death…
The idea that cannabis is a ‘gateway drug’ to more harmful substances such as opioids is controversial, yet has substantially impacted drug policy, education, and…
Human pollution is often evident from oil slicks and plastic drifting on shore, but many of the drugs that we consume also end up washing…
National Institutes of Health study suggests a link between cannabis use and higher levels of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt. An analysis of survey data…
Vitamin D deficiency strongly exaggerates the craving for and effects of opioids, potentially increasing the risk for dependence and addiction, according to a new study…
Americans are drinking less beer, but the beer they’re drinking has a higher alcohol content, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate…
Underage drinking. Credit: Rutgers Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies Underage youth consumed $17.5 billion worth, or 8.6 percent, of the alcoholic drinks sold…
A SoftBank Robotics Pepper robot was used in the two robot conditions. Pepper, 1.21-meter-tall with 25 degrees of freedom, is a medium-sized humanoid robot designed…
Study lays groundwork for developing drugs to treat or prevent addiction in humans and provides contextual framework for future research. New research from the Clemson…
A study published in the scientific journal Addiction today (May 17, 2021) provides the most comprehensive evidence to date of the association between recreational cannabis…
In 2017, millions of people around the world were addicted to opioids and 115,000 died of an overdose. Opioids are the most powerful painkillers we…
Some failed to detect users were over legal driving limit more than half the time, Penn medicine research finds. Alcohol-impaired driving kills 29 people a…
A study in cells and mice finds compound works with fewer side effects than opioids. Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine—these substances are familiar to many as a…
This is a representative image of cultured dissociated hippocampal neurons transiently expressing psychLight1 and psychLight2. Scale bar, 20 mm. Credit: Calvin Ly A genetically encoded…
A study of 2.4 million hospitalized cannabis users has found that those with an arrhythmia were 4.5 times more likely to die while in hospital…