Illegal Drug and Controlled Substance Articles

• Smoking
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Lung Cancer
  Sports Medicine
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  Nicotine

  Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae), predominantly in tobacco, and in lower quantities in tomato, potato, eggplant (aubergine), and green pepper. Nicotine ... > more
• Lung Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Leukemia
  Breast Cancer
  Lymphoma
  Prostate Cancer
   

  Chemotherapy

  Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. In its modern-day use, it refers primarily to cytotoxic drugs used to treat cancer. Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells due to ... > more
• Opium
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Addiction
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Opioid

  An opioid is any agent that binds to opioid receptors, found principally in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. There are four broad classes of opioids: endogenous opioid peptides, ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
  Nervous System
   
  

  Neurotransmitter

  Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are used to relay, amplify and modulate electrical signals between a neuron and another cell. Substances that act as neurotransmitters can be roughly categorized ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Gynecology
  Menopause
  Women's Health
  Cancer
  Breast Cancer
   
  

  Estrogen

  Estrogens (also oestrogens) are a group of steroid compounds, named for their importance in the oestrus cycle, and functioning as the primary female sex hormone. While estrogens are present in both ... > more
• Mental Health Research
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Pharmacology
  Fibromyalgia
   

  Antidepressant

  An antidepressant is a medication designed to treat or alleviate the symptoms of clinical depression. Some antidepressants, notably the tricyclics, are commonly used off-label in the treatment of ... > more
• Eye Care
  Hypertension
  Healthy Aging
  Heart Disease
  Sports Medicine
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Glaucoma

  Glaucoma is a group of diseases of the optic nerve involving loss of retinal ganglion cells in a characteristic pattern of optic neuropathy. Although raised intraocular pressure is a significant risk ... > more
• Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Pharmacology
  Sports Medicine
   

  Anti-obesity drug

  Anti-obesity drugs include all pharmacological treatments intended to reduce or control weight. Because these drugs are intended to alter one of the fundamental processes of the human body, ... > more
• Anxiety
  Psychiatry
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
  Mental Health Research
   

  Panic attack

  A panic attack is a period of intense, often temporarily disabling sense of extreme fear or psychological distress, typically of abrupt onset. Though it is often a purely terrifying feeling to the ... > more
• Alcoholism
  Addiction
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Birth Defects
   
  

  Alcoholism

  Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholic's normal personal, family, social, or work life. The chronic ... > more

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