HIV & AIDS
New Zealand's needle exchanges helped reduced HIV transmissions
New Zealand has avoided the high HIV rates seen among high-risk groups in other countries, a new study shows.
Feb 27, 2020
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News tagged with addiction research
Health
Alcoholic? Me? How to tell if your holiday drinking is becoming a problem
It's the most wonderful time of the year, when holiday parties collide with collegiate and professional athletics events. What do they all have in common? Booze, lots of it, and often free. It's no wonder the lead reindeer ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Genetics
Smoke signals: Study shows path linking nicotine addiction to increased risk for diabetes
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a circuit in rats that links cigarette smoking and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study featured on the cover of the October ...
Oct 16, 2019
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Addiction
Researcher discovers gene mutation that contributes to addiction
In the field of addiction research, one question looms large: Why do some people face a higher risk than others for alcoholism and drug abuse? A researcher at the OU College of Medicine, William R. Lovallo, Ph.D., recently ...
Aug 16, 2019
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Medications
OxyContin maker Purdue agrees to provide research data
The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin has agreed to provide access to propriety research and other data to researchers at Oklahoma State University to help them find causes and treatments for drug addiction.
Aug 15, 2019
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Health
Majority of campus alcohol policies fail to receive 'most effective' rating from experts
Alcohol policy experts and researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who evaluated common university alcohol policies found that fewer than half of the approaches for reducing problematic alcohol ...
May 17, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women's hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse rates
Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a new Vanderbilt University study revealed. The findings are especially significant since ...
Feb 9, 2019
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Neuroscience
Brain scans predict stimulant drug relapse
Predicting who will remain drug-free and who will relapse following treatment for drug addiction has been impossible – so far. Now, Stanford psychologists think they've found a possible clue. For stimulants like cocaine ...
Jan 2, 2019
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Addiction
Hope for cannabis as treatment for opioid addiction
Canada currently finds itself at the intersection of two historic social phenomena with massive implications for public health.
Nov 22, 2018
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Medications
Heroin addiction treatment and opioid misuse
Michael Fendrich is associate dean for research and a professor in the UConn School of Social Work, whose research focuses on policies, services, interventions, and risk factors related to substance misuse and mental health. ...
Oct 22, 2018
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