Tag: Studies
The link between cocaine addiction and vascular disease
Most people are aware of the dangers linked to heart diseases, but blockages of accumulated plaques or cholesterol can actually impact more than the...
The effects of alcohol and marijuana on academic performance
Researchers from various universities in Connecticut analyzed the combined impact of alcohol and marijuana on the academic performance of college students and found that...
New data supports use of muscle relaxant to treat alcoholism
French health care authorities gathered at a Paris conference on March 17 to announce that two clinical studies had been finalized, and their results...
Functional MRI used to investigate new drugs for drug relapse prevention
Researchers in the UK are studying the effects of experimental medicines using functional MRI (fMRI) technology to investigate the neuropharmacology of brain processes including...
Young adults struggle with barriers to addiction treatment access
Young adults struggling with nonmedical prescription opioid substance use disorders face several barriers to addiction treatment access including patient-level barriers, provider-level barriers, health care...
The most important factors of relapse to drug abuse
A study published in the International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction, in November, identified and measured the most important factors linked to...
The similarity between workaholism and alcoholism
In 1971, minister and psychologist Wayne Oates created the word ‘workaholism’ — an analogy to alcoholism due to the similar destructive compulsion that characterizes...
Treating opioid addiction in the United Kingdom
In recent years, the United Kingdom has seen a significant increase in deaths linked to illicit drugs, most of which were caused by opioids....
Autism spectrum disorders increase risk of addiction
Historically, clinicians have been under the impression that drug addiction happens rarely among individuals who have autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), but new evidence proves...
A new candidate for alcohol addiction treatment: ibudilast
UCLA researchers sought to determine the efficacy of ibudilast in alcohol addiction treatment in a new study published last month in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Mostly...
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