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Brain of Cocaine Addicts Smaller In Size

...hers say they are unsure if this difference causes addiction or is a result of early cocaine use. According to the study, rapid changes in the amygdala could have occurred early in the course of cocaine use. However, the types of variations in the amygdalas of cocaine users suggest a genetic cause, which may r...

Humans Found To Have The Ability To Block Unwanted Memories

...s could be used as a tool for better understanding addiction and cravings...

HIV Infection Higher In Drug Trafficking Countries

...ys Beyrer. Methadone – a drug used to treat heroin addiction – is still illegal in Russia. The US still does not fund needle exchange programs, neither at home or abroad. (Source: The New Scientist) Related information on AIDS transmission in Medindia: HIV virus is transmitted by exchange of body fluids ...

Regular Use Of Cocaine Can Impair Brain Functions

Cocaine addiction can severely affect brain functions like learning ...rain regions may lead to new ways of treating drug addiction and a greater understanding of disorders such as schizophrenia, which is linked to the brain regions...

Early detection of alcohol abuse is better option for treatment

...nd detailed questionnaires to predict the alcohol addiction while it is at a still early stage. The current biomarkers available are generally used to monitor the results of the drinking on the body after the patient has been cured. Researchers should concentrate on finding out new biomarkers that for alcohol...

Substance abuse linked to adult antisocial syndrome

...found between substance abuse like drug or alcohol addiction suggests that treatment for substance abuse needs to be integrated with the clinical examination of the mental health of the abusers and treated accordingly. The research results suggest that every single drug abuse disorders found in the research ha...

Drug abuse may affect brain like Alzheimer’

Drug addiction in young people may cause similar kind of brain damage as happens// in Alzheimer’s disease. Young people who are drug addicts in the age group of 17 to 26yrs may be three times more likely to suffer brain damage than their non-addicted counterparts,...

Drug addiction can be genetical, says study

...tions, body temperature, and currently established addiction to drug intake. The gene regulates the inherent vulnerability to drug addiction by rewarding the experience related to drugs which are commonly used for abuse, like cocaine etc. th...

Cocaine may cause aneurysms for the coronart artery

...tics of 112 patients who have a history of cocaine addiction and compared that with a control group of the same age group. The results of the study showed that 30.4% of the cocaine users have coronary artery aneurysms compared to 7.6% of the control group. Aneurysm of coronary artery may lead to rupture, infe...

New treatment possible for drug addiction

Drug addiction is a problem because the addicts find it hard to b...cal or psychosocial. The newest way to treat drug addiction may be a surgical procedure by which a cutis made to damage the subthalamic nucleus of the brain, th...

Heredity Can Decide Your Drinking Habits

... of the study will lead to research to predict the addiction pattern of people to alcohol. Reference: The Pharmacogenomics Journal (2005)...

Methamphetamine Users Found To Suffer From Mood Disorders

...etermine how brain activity affects the success of addiction therapy. Participants completed questionnaires to ...hamphetamine users may help improve the success of addiction treatment. Most methamphetamine users undergo behavioral therapy because no medications have shown t...

New Cure for Addiction?

...tional medicines and is said to have cured his own addiction by taking the herbal preparation....

Can one get addicted to fast food?

... sugar causes changes in the brain associated with addiction to drugs. However, it has not yet been conclusively shown that fast foods are addictive and many scientists argue that those who claim so should provide concrete evidence....

A new way out for heroin addicts

Heroin addiction is a serious problem that can often be fatal. Methadone has been one of the treatment options for long-term heroin addicts. However, the major concern in treating heroin addicts with methadone is that methadone can become addictive. This is one reaso...

Abuse of prescription drugs among youths on the rise

...ng that they are safe, when in fact they can cause addiction and severe side effects. Opiate-based pain relievers are quite addictive and can slow breathing to potentially deadly slow levels. H. Westley Clark, Director of the substance abuse treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administ...

Help Quit Smoking

... and facts on smoking and cancer in addition to an addiction quiz proves as a medium to understand why a child smokes and what the child requires to do to help quit smoking. The program provides parents with newsletters on steps to help quit smoking. It provides a better platform for parents to communicate ef...

A new herbal therapy to quit smoking

...isting smokers overcome physical and psychological addiction to tobacco and will begin with an attempt to de-automise the habit. This will turn smoking from a mechanical to a conscious process. This will be followed by the finalising of a Pilot Quitting Date, a 24-hour period, when the person will keep away ...

Ritalin May Lower Cocaine Abuse

...timulants like Ritalin are not at risk for cocaine addiction later in life. The study in rats suggests that stimulant treatment in childhood may blunt the pleasurable effects of cocaine in adulthood. // Many children and teens with ADHD are treated with stimulant medication, the best-known being Ritalin. The...

Medications to Prevent Relapse to Cocaine Use

Treatment of cocaine addiction has always been hampered by high rates of relapse,...nduced by environmental cues. Treatment of cocaine addiction has always been hampered by high rates of relapse, even after prolonged drug abstinence, and this re...

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