Posted on Jan 12, 2012 in Sleep | Comments Off Buffer As humans, we spend about a third of our lives asleep. So there must be a point to it, right? Scientists have found that sleep helps consolidate memories, fixing them in the brain so we can retrieve them later. Now, new research is showing […]
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 in Cocaine | 0 comments Buffer Activating a specific brain receptor may reduce the appeal of cocaine, a new study in mice suggests. In the study, researchers studied two groups of mice. One group was normal; the other group did not have a brain receptor called CB2, which is affected
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 in Marijuana | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Researchers have found clear associations between marijuana use in young males and cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), where patients experience episodes of vomiting separated by symptom free intervals. Ê The study, published in the January issue of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, looked at
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 in Injuries related to addiction | Comments Off Buffer Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. Every year millions of Americans think about taking their own lives. Sadly, each year tens of thousands die by suicide. While suicides can be a shock to family and
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 in Meditation | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia We all know that meditation helps relax people, but what exactly happens in the brain during meditation? A new study suggests that nondirective meditation yields more marked changes in electrical brain wave activity associated with wakeful, relaxed attention than just resting
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Posted on Jan 8, 2012 in Stress, The Brain And Addiction | Comments Off Buffer The latest survey of Ontario adults from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows increasing rates of daily drinking and cannabis use and high levels of psychological distress. The results of the 2009 CAMH Monitor survey, the longest
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Posted on Jan 6, 2012 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted. ÊThirty-one of 75 patients hospitalized for opioid detoxification told University at Buffalo physicians they first got hooked on drugs legitimately prescribed for pain.
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Posted on Jan 7, 2012 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia ALICE RAP is a new dynamic trans-disciplinary EU project which aims is to help policy makers Òre-think and re-shapeÓ current and future approaches to the huge human and economic costs of addictions and lifestyles in Europe. This project is supported by
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 in DBT | Comments Off Buffer Written By: Alan Downs, Ph.D. Topic: Chemical Dependency. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Ñ or as it is most commonly known, DBTÊÑ has become an acclaimed, evidence-based therapy for individuals struggling with a co-occurring disorders. The evidence to support the use of DBTÊin substance dependence treatment
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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer Just months after Virginia and dozens of other states banned synthetic marijuana, the chemists who make it have found a way to outfox lawmakers. Ê Image via Wikipedia Spice manufacturers, who spray herbs with compounds that mimic the active ingredient in marijuana, have altered
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