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Brain cells may age faster in people with cocaine use disorder

A new study finds evidence from the DNA methylome that the biological age – different from the chronological age – of cells in Brodmann Area 9 of the prefrontal cortex might be greater in people with cocaine use disorder.

16 Feb 2023

As opioids mixed with animal tranquilizers arrive in Kensington, so do alarming health challenges

Many people living on the streets in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood — the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — are in full-blown addiction, openly snorting, smoking, or injecting illicit drugs, hunched over crates or on stoops. Syringes litter sidewalks, and the stench of urine fouls the air.

15 Feb 2023

Cocaine use disorder leads to changes in the 'methylome' of a brain region

Scientists tend to view substance addiction as primarily a disease of the brain. When we enjoy sex, food, music, or hobbies, regions of our brain within the reward pathway are flooded with pleasure-inducing dopamine.

14 Feb 2023

FoMO and bedtime procrastination partially mediated college students' mobile phone dependency during COVID-19

Researchers examine the relationship between mobile phone dependency, bedtime procrastination, FoMO, and sleep quality.

13 Feb 2023

Montana considers allowing physician assistants to practice independently

Megan Zawacki started working at St. Peter's Health in Helena, Montana, in 2020 as a physician assistant trained in treating addiction.

10 Feb 2023

‘The country is watching’: California homeless crisis looms as Gov. Newsom eyes political future

Driving through the industrial outskirts of Sacramento, a stretch of warehouses, wholesale suppliers, truck centers, and auto repair shops northeast of downtown, it's hard to square California's $18 billion investment in homeless services with the roadside misery.

9 Feb 2023

Study finds distinct differences in how the brain releases dopamine in patients with alcohol use disorder

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that's made in the brain and acts as a chemical messenger, communicating between nerve cells in the brain and the rest of the body.

7 Feb 2023

How does vaping affect your health?

According to the significant review, using nicotine e-cigarettes increases the risk of various adverse health outcomes, especially in youth, including taking up smoking, addiction, poisoning, seizures, burns, and lung injury.

6 Feb 2023

Study reveals mechanism of a previously unexplained type of cell death

A study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, published today in Nature Cell Biology, details a previously unexplained type of cell death called disulfidptosis that could open the door for novel cancer therapeutic strategies.

6 Feb 2023

Montana lawmakers seek more information about governor’s HEART fund

A fund championed by Gov. Greg Gianforte to fill gaps in Montana's substance use and behavioral health treatment programs has spent $5.2 million since last year as the state waits for an additional $19 million in federal funding.

3 Feb 2023

Study finds alterations in the gut microbiome of young adult binge drinkers

Youth binge drinkers show alterations in the gut microbiome, a new study finds.

2 Feb 2023

UC Davis launches new institute to advance basic knowledge of psychedelics and neurotherapeutics

The University of California, Davis has launched the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics to advance basic knowledge about the mechanisms of psychedelics and translate it into safe and effective treatments for diseases such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, among others.

2 Feb 2023

Rutgers to launch a research and treatment center focused on Alzheimer's disease

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) is launching the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer's and Dementia Clinical Research and Treatment Center.

1 Feb 2023

Some addiction treatment centers turn big profits by scaling back care

Near the end of his scheduled three-month stay at a rehab center outside Austin, Texas, Daniel McKegney was forced to tell his father in North Carolina that he needed more time and more money, he recently recalled.

31 Jan 2023

Poll: 13% of Americans aged 50 to 80 show signs of food addiction

Whether you call them comfort foods, highly processed foods, junk foods, empty calories or just some of Americans' favorite foods and drinks, a sizable percentage of older Americans have an unhealthy relationship with them, according to a new poll.

30 Jan 2023

Study finds high prevalence of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Recently, scientists sought to address this shortcoming and reviewed the existing literature to understand the indirect impact, on mental health, of strategies that were applied to restrict the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among children and adolescents.

23 Jan 2023

Addiction News and Research

Brain cells may age faster in people with cocaine use disorder

As opioids mixed with animal tranquilizers arrive in Kensington, so do alarming health challenges

Cocaine use disorder leads to changes in the 'methylome' of a brain region

FoMO and bedtime procrastination partially mediated college students' mobile phone dependency during COVID-19

Montana considers allowing physician assistants to practice independently

‘The country is watching’: California homeless crisis looms as Gov. Newsom eyes political future

Study finds distinct differences in how the brain releases dopamine in patients with alcohol use disorder

How does vaping affect your health?

Study reveals mechanism of a previously unexplained type of cell death

Montana lawmakers seek more information about governor’s HEART fund

Study finds alterations in the gut microbiome of young adult binge drinkers

UC Davis launches new institute to advance basic knowledge of psychedelics and neurotherapeutics

Rutgers to launch a research and treatment center focused on Alzheimer's disease

Some addiction treatment centers turn big profits by scaling back care

Poll: 13% of Americans aged 50 to 80 show signs of food addiction

Study finds high prevalence of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Buprenorphine-involved overdose deaths did not increase after implementation of prescribing flexibilities

Luring out-of-state professionals is just the first step in solving Montana’s health worker shortage

Launch of FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute heralds a new era in neuroscience research, education

Research provides a comprehensive structural framework to design safer pain-relieving drugs

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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