From the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: Chronic sleep deprivation — which can involve staying up late, and waking up early for work or school — has become a… Read more »
From the Radiological Society of North America press release: Researchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet, according to a… Read more »
From the Emory Health Sciences press release: A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, neuroscientists have found. The results were… Read more »
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Drug addiction may not require a habitual relationship with a substance, suggests findings from a new model of cocaine administration in rats that… Read more »
From the Elsevier press release: Head injury, which often damages brain regions overlapping with those involved in addictive behaviors, does not worsen drinking behavior in people with heavy alcohol use,… Read more »
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release: The reward center of the brain is much more attuned to the pleasurable effects of alcohol when estrogen levels are elevated,… Read more »
From the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston press release: Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston recently discovered that alcohol killed the stem cells residing… Read more »
From the University of Connecticut press release: Even though men use tanning beds at lower rates than women, men who tan tend to do it in riskier ways, according to… Read more »
From the American Chemical Society: Many people who smoke or chew tobacco can’t seem to escape nicotine’s addictive properties. Studies show that women in particular seem to have a harder… Read more »
From the Research Society on Alcoholism press release: Although drinking by U.S. adolescents has decreased during the last decade, more than 20 percent of U.S. high-school students continue to drink alcohol… Read more »
