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  Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy Affects Learning and Memory Function in Offspring?

  July 19, 2013 — Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy has detrimental effects on fetal central nervous system development. Maternal alcohol consumption prior to and during pregnancy significantly affects ... > full story
• Sexual Health
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  Is Sexual Addiction the Real Deal?

  July 19, 2013 — Controversy exists over whether what some mental health experts call hypersexuality, or sexual addiction, is a mental disorder at all. Now researchers have measured how the brain responded in people ... > full story
• Alcoholism
  Gender Difference
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  'Worrying' Rise in Alcohol Deaths Among Young Women in England and Scotland

  July 19, 2013 — There has been a "worrying" increase in alcohol related deaths among young women in England and Scotland, since the middle of the last decade, finds new ... > full story
• Addiction
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  Weight Loss Drug Helps Curb Cocaine Addictions

  July 18, 2013 — The drug topiramate, typically used to treat epilepsy and more recently weight loss, may also help people addicted to both cocaine and alcohol use less cocaine, particularly heavy users, researchers ... > full story
• Alcoholism
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  How Smoking Increases Vulnerability to Alcohol Abuse

  July 18, 2013 — Smoking is a well-known risk factor for subsequent alcohol abuse, but the mechanisms underlying this link are unknown. Now researchers show in a study conducted in rats that even a single exposure to ... > full story
• Pharmacology
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  Drug Research: New Technique Shows If Drugs Have Reached Intended Target

  July 18, 2013 — The search for new drugs, including those for cancer, is set to speed up thanks to a new research technique which could tell if drugs had reached their intended ... > full story
• Lung Cancer
  Lung Disease
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  Stem Cells
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  Smoking
   

  Even Healthy-Looking Smokers Have Early Cell Damage Which Destroys Necessary Genetic Programming

  July 16, 2013 — Smokers who've received a clean bill of health from their doctor may believe cigarettes haven't harmed their lungs. However, researchers have found that even smokers who seem healthy have damaged ... > full story
• Opium
  Pain Control
  Neuropathy
  Pharmacology
  Fibromyalgia
  Colon Cancer
   

  Chemical Compound Shows Promise as Alternative to Opioid Pain Relievers

  July 15, 2013 — A drug targeting a protein complex containing two different types of opioid receptors may be an effective alternative to morphine and other opioid pain medications, without any of the side effects or ... > full story
• Child Psychology
  Children's Health
  Pharmacology
  Addiction
  Infant's Health
  Child Development
   

  A Hidden Epidemic: Street Children Show High Levels of Drug Use

  July 12, 2013 — A review of fifty studies of drug use among street children in 22 countries sheds new light on the magnitude of the problem, the causes and health consequences of drug use among street ... > full story
• Alcoholism
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  Smoking Addiction
  Dementia
  Smoking
   

  Combination of Smoking and Heavy Drinking 'Speeds Up Cognitive Decline'

  July 11, 2013 — The combination of smoking and heavy drinking speeds up cognitive decline, according to new ... > full story

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