From the Elsevier press release: In a study investigating the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for drug addiction, researchers at Medical University of South Carolina are the first to demonstrate that the noninvasive brain…
From the Medical University of South Carolina press release: Why do some drug users continue to seek out drugs despite the prospect of losing family, friends, health or livelihood? There are notable features — cues —…
From the McGill University press release: For the first time, researchers have been able to see changes in the neural structures in specific areas of the brains of people who suffered severe abuse as children. Difficulties…
From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: Heavy drinking six times a month reduces the probability that a new college graduate will land a job by 10 percent, according to Tel Aviv University…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine press release: Cocaine-addicted individuals say they find the drug much less enjoyable after years of use, but they have great difficulty quitting. A new brain…
From the University of Portsmouth press release: New research shows how top-level sportspeople can struggle to adjust to life after retirement, with their identities continuing to be defined by their former careers. The research, published…
From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release: Preliminary results of a new study show that sleep disturbance is strongly related to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs among student athletes in…
From the Arizona State University press release: They have what most would want — affluent upwardly mobile parents, living in comfortable homes in the suburbs, going to an elite high school and being groomed for…
From the McGill University press release: Even among non-dependent cocaine users, cues associated with consumption of the drug lead to dopamine release in an area of the brain thought to promote compulsive use, according to…
From the University of Delaware press release: A new study led by the University of Delaware found that kids who are bullied in fifth grade often suffer from depression and begin using alcohol and other…