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Substance Use Disorders Linked to COVID-19 Susceptibility

September 15, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and its complications. The research, published today...

Renewed Hope for Treatment of Pain and Depression

June 22, 2020
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Strassen, Luxembourg — Researchers at the Department of Infection and Immunity of the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) developed LIH383, a novel molecule that binds to and blocks a previously unknown...

New Study could Lead to Therapeutic Interventions to Treat Cocaine Addiction

April 23, 2020
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Irvine, CA — A new study explains how cocaine modifies functions in the brain revealing a potential target for therapies aimed at treating cocaine addiction. The study was published this week in Cell...

Key Brain Region for Controlling Binge Drinking has been Found

April 20, 2020
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Charleston, SC — A team of National Institutes of Health-funded researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina has found that deactivating a stress-signalling system in a brain area known...

Researchers Find Opioid Prescriptions Linked to Obesity

April 3, 2020
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Boston, MA — Two new studies from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) shed light on the relationship between obesity and the use of prescription opioids in the United States. One...

Research Shows Mortality Decreased With Further Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder After Detox

February 26, 2020
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Boston, MA — A new study shows that people with opioid use disorder who enter inpatient medically managed withdrawal treatment (detox) do not usually receive further treatment, including medication...

‘Levitating’ Proteins Could Help Diagnose Opioid Abuse, Other Diseases

February 5, 2020
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East Lansing, MI — Researchers at Michigan State University’s Precision Health Program have helped develop a fascinating new method for detecting the density of proteins in the blood –...

Sugar Changes the Chemistry of Your Brain, Study Suggests

January 15, 2020
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Aarhus C, Denmark — The idea of food addiction is a very controversial topic among scientists. Researchers from Aarhus University have delved into this topic and examined what happens in the brains...

Study Finds Marijuana Use Impacts Driving Even When Sober

January 15, 2020
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Belmont, MA — A study by McLean Hospital’s Mary Kathryn Dahlgren, Staci Gruber, and their team from McLean’s Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core and the Marijuana Investigations for...

Pattern of Heavy Alcohol Drinking May Damage Heart Tissue

December 18, 2019
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Dallas, TX — A pattern of harmful alcohol consumption, or heavy drinking, increases level of blood biomarkers indicating heart tissue damage, according to new research published today in the Journal...

Scientists Discover Key Neural Circuit Regulating Alcohol Consumption

December 16, 2019
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Chapel Hill, NC — Scientists have known that a region of the brain called the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) plays a role in behaviours related to alcohol use and consumption in general. It’s...

Mommy Drinking Is on the Upswing — but Women Without Children Still Drink More, Says Study

November 27, 2019
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New York, NY — Men and women are continuing to increase binge drinking, regardless of parenting status, according to the latest study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Men and...

One Shot of Ketamine could Reduce Problem Drinking

November 26, 2019
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London, UK — A one-off dose of ketamine could help heavy drinkers reduce their alcohol intake, finds a new UCL experimental study. Giving a shot of ketamine to heavy drinkers after reactivating...

A New Link Between Migraines, Opioid Overuse May Be Key to Treating Pain

November 20, 2019
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About 10% of the world population suffers from migraine headaches, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. To alleviate migraine pain, people are commonly treated...

Opioid-Based Plant Might Not Be Best Solution to Curb Habitual Alcohol Use

November 13, 2019
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West Lafayette, IN — Lawmakers across the United States continue to debate the safety of kratom, an opioid-containing plant that has been listed as a “drug of concern” by the U.S. Food...

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