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Drug addiction

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Mapping Dopamine: New Insight to the Addicted Brain

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Researchers have developed a new mapping device that allows them to visualize the activity of the brain’s reward circuitry in both healthy individuals and those addicted to drugs and alcohol. Continue reading →

Study Finds Similar Biology in Compulsive Eating and Drug Addiction

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A recent study found for the first time that the compulsion to overeat, often leading to obesity, affects the same biological mechanism, the brain’s pleasure circuitry, addiction to drugs like cocaine and heroin abuse. Continue reading →

“Leftover” Meds, An Increasing Threat

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A recent study in Utah may provide a startling insight in to what may be a national trend. As reported by Health Day, a startling 97 percent of the study’s individuals who stated having taken opioid pain medicine not prescribed to them over the past year, had gotten the drug from a friend or relative who had a prescription. Continue reading →