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Disulfiram: New Support for an Old Addiction Drug
January 31, 2013 — Disulfiram was the first medication approved for the treatment of alcoholism over 50 years ago. It works, at least in part, by preventing the metabolism of an alcohol by-product, acetaldehyde. High ... > full story -
Medical Cannabis Provides Dramatic Relief for Sufferers of Chronic Ailments, Israeli Study Finds
January 24, 2013 — Though still controversial, medical cannabis has been gaining ground as a valid therapy for cancer, PTSD, and chronic pain. Now a specialist says that residents of an Israel nursing home experienced ... > full story -
Socially Isolated Rats Are More Vulnerable to Addiction, Report Researchers
January 23, 2013 — Rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol. Amphetamine addiction is also harder to extinguish in the socially ... > full story -
Gene Interactions Make Cocaine Abuse Death Eight Times More Likely
January 22, 2013 — Scientists have identified genetic circumstances under which common mutations on two genes interact in the presence of cocaine to produce a nearly eight-fold increased risk of death as a result of ... > full story -
Botox Beats Steroids for Painful Foot Condition, Plantar Fasciitis, Study Suggests
January 17, 2013 — Plantar fasciitis is the most frequent cause of chronic heel pain, leaving many sufferers unable to put their best foot forward for months at a time. Now a Mexican study suggests that physicians ... > full story -
People With Low Risk for Cocaine Dependence Have Differently Shaped Brain to Those With Addiction
January 17, 2013 — People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly different from those individuals who developed cocaine-dependence, researchers have ... > full story -
Drug Abuse Impairs Sexual Performance in Men Even After Rehabilitation
January 17, 2013 — Alcohol is the drug that most affects sexual arousal (erectile capacity), according to new research. In addition, researchers observed that men did not improve their sexual performance when they ... > full story -
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Prescription Drug Misuse Remains a Top Public Health Concern
January 8, 2013 — Prescription drug misuse is second only to marijuana as the nation’s most prevalent illicit drug problem, with approximately 22 million persons nationwide initiating nonmedical pain reliever ... > full story -
Synthetic Chemistry: Steroids That Only Nature Could Make on a Large Scale, Until Now
January 3, 2013 — Scientists have achieved a feat in synthetic chemistry by inventing a scalable method to make complex natural compounds known as "polyhydroxylated steroids." These compounds, used in heart-failure ... > full story -
Brain Imaging Insight Into Cannabis as a Pain Killer
December 20, 2012 — The pain relief offered by cannabis varies greatly between individuals, a brain imaging study suggests. The researchers found that an oral tablet of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, ... > full story
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