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  New Medications Are Battling Substance Abuse And Addiction

  September 25, 2006 — The number of medications for treating addictions - one of the nation's most serious public health problems - has nearly doubled in recent years, along with a gradually expanding public willingness ... > full story
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  Lower Levels Of Anti-Inflammatory Proteins May Contribute To Chronic Widespread Pain

  July 26, 2006 — A new study examined cytokine profiles in patients with chronic widespread pain and found that they had significantly lower levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-4 and ... > full story
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  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
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  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
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  'Thirst For Knowledge' May Be Opium Craving

  June 20, 2006 — A new theory by USC and NYU neuroscientists associates the "click" of comprehension with a biochemical cascade that triggers a dose of natural ... > full story
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  Transporter Is Possible Target For Safer Pain Medicine

  June 9, 2006 — A transporter that silences one of the body's natural pain killers holds promise for new powerful, non-addictive pain medicines as well as understanding AIDS patients' increased pain perception, ... > full story
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  Large Family Study Pinpoints Genetic Linkage In Drug Addiction

  April 17, 2006 — Based on data obtained from one of the largest family sets of its kind, Yale School of Medicine researchers have identified a genetic linkage for dependence on drugs such as heroin, morphine and ... > full story
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  Small Study Points To Addictive Effects Of Frequent Tanning

  March 29, 2006 — Frequent users of tanning beds may be getting more out of the experience than darker skin, according to researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. New evidence suggests that ... > full story
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  A Link Is Found Between Morphine Addiction And The Tendency To Explore

  February 21, 2006 — A team of researchers from the UAB has found experimental evidence in rats showing a link between addiction to morphine and the tendency to explore perseveringly. This is the first time a direct ... > full story
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  Morphine And Topical Anaesthesia Effective In Treating Procedural Pain In Newborn Infants

  February 15, 2006 — SickKids researchers find morphine and topical anaesthesia effective in treating procedural pain in newborn ... > full story

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