Posted on Jan 23, 2012 in Alcoholism | Comments Off Buffer Focused programs and public health policies can help reduce the burden of alcohol in Canada, which contributes significantly to acute and chronic diseases, social problems and trauma, states an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The analysis, by researchers at the Centre for […]
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Posted on Nov 17, 2011 in Sleep | Comments Off Buffer Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may blame their daytime difficulties on simple sleepiness, but new research suggests that their brains may be to blame. Specifically, their cognitive challenges may be caused by structural deficits in gray matter, brought on by the intermittent oxygen
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Posted on Nov 18, 2011 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer A growing number of universities are creating so-called alcoholism and drug addiction recovery communities, which often feature on-campus clubhouses, recreational opportunities, academic support and recovery courses. To promote the spread of the concept, about 20 colleges this summer formed the Association for Recovery in
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Posted on Nov 18, 2011 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer Alcoholic brains can perform a simple finger-tapping exercise as well as their sober counterparts but their brain must work a lot harder to do it, according to a Vanderbilt study released by the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Ê Chronic drinking is associated
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Posted on Nov 19, 2011 in Co-Ocurring Disorders | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Biologists and psychologists know that light affects mood, but a new University of Virginia study indicates that light may also play a role in modulating fear and anxiety. ÊPsychologist Brian Wiltgen and biologists Ignacio Provencio and Daniel Warthen of U.Va.Õs
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 in opioids | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Deaths from opioid use in Ontario, Canada, have doubled since 1991 and the addition of long-acting oxycodone to the drug formulary was associated with a 5-fold increase in oxycodone-related deaths, found a new study inÊCMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Most of
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Posted on Nov 20, 2011 in Anxiety, Panic attack, Panic disorder | Comments Off Buffer Just like everyone else, people with panic disorder have real stress in their lives. They get laid off and they fight with their spouses. How such stresses affect their panic symptoms hasnÕt been well understood, but a new study by
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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 in Depression | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Neuroscientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have developed a protein peptide that may be a novel type of highly targeted treatment for depression with a low side-effect profile. Depression affects one in ten Canadians at some time
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Posted on Nov 23, 2011 in Alcoholism | Comments Off Buffer 1. Alcoholism affects the entire family. Ê Living with a non-recovering alcoholic in the family can contribute to stress for all members of the family. Each member may be affected differently. Not all alcoholic families experience or react to this stress in the same
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Posted on Jul 1, 2011 in Addiction | 0 comments Buffer Image via Wikipedia How We Get Addicted By MICHAEL D. LEMONICK I was driving up the Massachusetts Turnpike one evening last February when I knocked over a bottle of water. I grabbed for it, swerved inadvertentlyÐand a few seconds later found myself blinking into
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