From the Seattle Children’s Research Institute press release: Long-term use and abuse of opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, has markedly increased in the United States in the last… Read more »
From the NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse press release via EurekAlert!: Genetics can help determine whether a person is likely to quit smoking on his or her own or need… Read more »
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Fat Bastard’s revelation “I eat because I’m depressed and I’m depressed because I eat” in the Austin Powers film series may… Read more »
From the Queen Mary, University of London press release: Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have shown that zebrafish could be used to study the underlying causes of psychiatric… Read more »
From the University of Colorado Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? A study recently published by a University of Colorado School of… Read more »
From the SUNY Buffalo press release: Chronic exposure to cocaine reduces the expression of a protein known to regulate brain plasticity, according to new, in vivo research on the molecular… Read more »
From the University of Bergen press release: The use of Facebook has increased rapidly. We are dealing with a subdivision of Internet addiction connected to social media, Doctor of Psychology… Read more »
From the American Psychological Association press release via EurekAlert!: In the eyes of young college men, it’s more unethical to use steroids to get an edge in sports than it… Read more »
From the University of Vermont press release via EurekAlert!: Why do some teenagers start smoking or experimenting with drugs—while others don’t? In the largest imaging study of the human brain… Read more »
From the Gladstone Institutes at UCSF press release: Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement but also motivation and… Read more »
