From the University of Helsinki media release: University of Helsinki researchers have identified a genetic mutation which renders carriers susceptible to particularly impulsive and reckless behavior when drunk. More than one… Read more »
From the Dartmouth College media release: Dartmouth researchers studying rats have discovered that activation of designer neural receptors can suppress cravings in a brain region involved in triggering those cravings. The… Read more »
From the Texas A&M University media release: Heroin use has increased a staggering 63 percent over the last 10 years according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That… Read more »
From the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center media release: Computer-based modeling is helping to further reduce length of hospital stay and duration of treatment with opioids that are used therapeutically to… Read more »
From the University of Florida media release: For hundreds of millions of people around the world, chewing betel nut produces a cheap, quick high but also raises the risk of… Read more »
From the American Cancer Society media release: Cancer survivors who smoke report fewer negative opinions about smoking, have more barriers to quitting, and are around other smokers more often than… Read more »
From the University of Melbourne media release: Doctors have successfully reduced risk-taking behaviour in teenagers and young people, in a world-first trial led by the University of Melbourne. The study involved… Read more »
From the Elsevier media release: The latest issue of Biological Psychiatry presents the results of three studies implicating metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGluR2) as a new molecular target for the treatment… Read more »
From the Concordia University media release: There are fewer smokers in the current generation of adolescents. Current figures show about 25 per cent of teens smoke, down dramatically from 40… Read more »
From the JAMA Network Journals media release: Children with parents or caregivers currently serving in the military had a higher prevalence of substance use, violence, harassment and weapon-carrying than their nonmilitary… Read more »
