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NIDA Study Offers New Clues About Connection Between Cocaine Abuse, Thinking, And Decision-Making
December 10, 2004 — New research, funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, shows that chronic cocaine abuse is directly related to dysfunction in areas of the brain ... > full story -
Proposed Addiction Treatment Successful, Safe In Second Small Trial
November 24, 2004 — A second, small clinical trial of a proposed addiction treatment led by investigators at NYU School of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has produced ... > full story -
Imaging Study Finds A Structural Difference In The Brains Of Cocaine Addicts
November 23, 2004 — A team led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has used advanced imaging techniques to identify an unexpected structural difference in the brains of cocaine addicts. The report ... > full story -
Flies On Crack: New Study Isolates Gene Mutation Responsive To Cocaine
November 23, 2004 — Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and New York University have discovered a gene mutation in fruit flies that alters sensitivity to crack cocaine and also regulates ... > full story -
NIDA Study Offers New Clues About Connection Between Cocaine Abuse, Thinking, And Decision-Making
November 18, 2004 — New research, funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, shows that chronic cocaine abuse is directly related to dysfunction in areas of the brain ... > full story -
Nicotine's Addictive Hold Increases When Combined With Other Tobacco Smoke Chemicals, UCI Study Finds
October 29, 2004 — Acetaldehyde, one of the main chemical components of tobacco smoke, appears to increase the addictive properties of nicotine, according to animal studies conducted by the UC Irvine Transdisciplinary ... > full story -
Treating Cocaine Addiction With Viruses
June 24, 2004 — Scientists have designed a potentially valuable tool for treating cocaine addiction by creating a modified "phage" virus that soaks up the drug inside the ... > full story -
Yerkes Researchers Discover Combination Of Drug Therapies Reduces Cocaine Use In Primates
May 25, 2004 — Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University are the first to demonstrate a combination of drug therapies targeting the region of the brain that controls drug abuse ... > full story -
Medication For Multiple Sclerosis May Help In Treating Cocaine Addiction
May 4, 2004 — Results of a NIDA-funded study show that a combination of substance abuse counseling and baclofen--a medication often used to treat muscle spasms in people with multiple sclerosis--can reduce cocaine ... > full story -
More Than A Million Americans Abuse Prescription Drugs
April 20, 2004 — Nearly 1.3 million Americans 12 and older abuse prescription drugs and require treatment for their problem, a new study ... > full story
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