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Newborns Exposed to Methamphetamine Before Birth Are Hard to Arouse, Hard to Calm Down, Study Suggests
May 1, 2011 — A scale used to assess the behavior of newborns exposed to methamphetamine before birth might be able to identify those children who will develop problems later ... > full story -
Narcotic Pain Relief Drug Overdose Deaths a National Epidemic
April 25, 2011 — Unintentional overdose deaths in teens and adults have reached epidemic proportions in the US. In some 20 states in 2007 the number of unintentional drug poisoning deaths exceeded either motor ... > full story -
Can Alcohol Help the Brain Remember? Repeated Ethanol Exposure Enhances Synaptic Plasticity in Key Brain Area, Study Finds
April 12, 2011 — Drinking alcohol primes certain areas of our brain to learn and remember better, says a new study. The common view that drinking is bad for learning and memory isn't wrong, says a neurobiologist, but ... > full story -
Long-Term Users of Ecstasy Risk Structural Brain Damage, Study Suggests
April 6, 2011 — Long term users of the popular recreational drug ecstasy risk structural brain damage, suggests preliminary ... > full story -
How Marijuana Affects the Way the Brain Processes Emotional Information
April 5, 2011 — Drugs like marijuana act on naturally occurring receptors in the brain called cannabinoid receptors. However, the mechanisms by which these drugs produce their sensory and mood altering effects ... > full story -
Opioids Now Most Prescribed Class of Medications in America
April 5, 2011 — Two reports by addiction researchers show a drastic shift in prescribing patterns impacting the magnitude of opioid substance abuse in America. The reports recommend a comprehensive effort to reduce ... > full story -
Study Identifies Neural Activity Linked to Food Addiction
April 4, 2011 — Persons with an addictive-like eating behavior appear to have greater neural activity in certain regions of the brain similar to substance dependence, including elevated activation in reward ... > full story -
Cocaine Images Capture Motivated Attention Among Users
April 4, 2011 — Scientists have conducted the most comprehensive study to date of how cocaine users respond to drug-related and other emotional stimuli, making use of comparisons with a matched control group and ... > full story -
Marijuana Use May Hurt Intellectual Skills in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
March 28, 2011 — Any possible pain relief that marijuana has for people with multiple sclerosis may be outweighed by the drug's apparent negative effect on thinking skills, according to new ... > full story -
When Creating a New Institute, the Devil's in the Details, Experts Argue
March 28, 2011 — The decision to merge the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) into a single institution was made last year. But, many leading ... > full story
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