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Researchers Identify Key Step In Cocaine-Induced Heart Enlargement, Sudden Death
September 8, 2006 — Cocaine, in concentrations commonly sold on the street, causes the abnormal buildup of primitive proteins in heart muscle -- a process that can ultimately lead to sudden death, a new study ... > full story -
Prescription Pain Killers Are Involved In More Drug Overdose Deaths Than Either Cocaine Or Heroin In U.S.
July 21, 2006 — Trends analysis of drug poisoning deaths has helped explain a national epidemic of overdose deaths in the USA that began in the 1990s, concludes Leonard Paulozzi and colleagues at the Centers for ... > full story -
PET Imaging Confirms Link Between Receptor Levels And Cocaine Abuse
July 16, 2006 — Using positron emission tomography (PET), researchers have established a firm connection between a particular brain chemistry trait and the tendency of an individual to abuse cocaine and possibly ... > full story -
Illicit Drug Use And Abuse May Be Genetic
July 5, 2006 — Researchers have found that genetic factors may play an important role in a person's use, misuse or dependence of illicit drugs like marijuana, stimulants, opiates, cocaine and ... > full story -
Studies Find That 'Broken Heart Syndrome' Can Result From Opioid Withdrawal, Cocaine Use
June 22, 2006 — People who experience abrupt withdrawal from high-dose opioids or use cocaine increase their risk of cardiac event, according to two new studies published in the June issue of Mayo Clinic ... > full story -
Study Reveals Biochemical Signature Of Cocaine Craving In Humans
June 15, 2006 — Using sophisticated brain-imaging techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Brookhaven Lab, and the ... > full story -
Genetically Altered Mice No Longer Like Cocaine
June 3, 2006 — Researchers found that they could eliminate the rewarding effect of cocaine on mice by genetically manipulating a key target of the drug in the animal's brain. While the researchers aren't ... > full story -
Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Not Linked To Bad Behavior In Kids
May 2, 2006 — University of Florida researchers found that disruptive behaviors in children actually seem to be linked more closely to maternal depression than prenatal cocaine ... > full story -
Strength Of Cocaine Cravings Linked To Brain Response
March 19, 2006 — Rats that have a strong craving for cocaine have a different biochemical response to the drug than their less-addicted counterparts, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have ... > full story -
Same Genes May Underlie Alcohol And Nicotine Co-Abuse
March 17, 2006 — Scientist and clinicians have long known that many individuals co-abuse alcohol and nicotine. Researchers have hypothesized that this phenomenon stems from a common genetic cause for alcohol and ... > full story
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