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Addiction Medicine
Addiction Medicine: is a medical sub-specialty that deals with the diagnosis, prevention, evaluation, treatment, and recovery of persons with addiction, of those with substance-related and addictive disorders, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances including alcohol, nicotine, prescription medicine and other illicit and licit drugs.
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NOV 07, 2016Neuroscience
The brain is a marvelous organ that can do some pretty amazing things. Just running the body and processing all the inpu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 01, 2016Neuroscience
While some might still consider it a deliberate choice or a character flaw, the best available scientific research says ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 31, 2016Neuroscience
While caffeine is a stimulant and alcohol is a CNS depressant, when the two substances are combined, they don’t ca ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 27, 2016Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – October 26, 2016 – In a remarkable “two for one” discovery, scientists from the Fl ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 21, 2016Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL — October 20, 2016 – In a discovery that advances the understanding of how marijuana works in th ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 19, 2016Neuroscience
Hungry? It’s all in your head. Regulating appetite is a popular area of research within neuroscience. With the gro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 10, 2016Neuroscience
The increase in heroin addiction and overdoses is an issue that is detailed every day in news reports, magazines and med ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2016Neuroscience
There have been dozens of studies done on the impact of social media on a user’s emotional state. Most are not ver ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The leaves of a plant indigenous to Southeast Asia were recently added to the list of banned substances in the US. This ...SEP 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The popularity of e-cigarettes is fraught with controversy. On the one hand, manufacturers and fans say these devices po ...SEP 12, 2016Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan ...SEP 06, 2016Health & Medicine
Authors of the new paper include The Scripps Research Institute’s Olivier George (left) and Giordano de Guglielmo. ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington ...SEP 05, 2016Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 18, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 10, 2016Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA – August 10, 2016 – A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), funde ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 02, 2016Videos
Skeptics tend to regard hypnosis as deceptive magic acts. At its worst, hypnosis may be entirely staged with apparent "v ...JUL 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Substance P, a natural substance produced in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, is known to activ ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUL 06, 2016Cancer
Researchers from the University of London have found that a drug used to combat addiction may also be effective at killi ...JUL 04, 2016Neuroscience
The neuroscience behind medications for psychiatric conditions like depression, or anxiety is complex and often the subj ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
How many of us go to bed with our smartphone in our hands? “Just five more minutes before I fall asleep,” we ...JUN 23, 2016Cannabis Sciences
The question of whether or not to legalize marijuana is controversial, with experts weighing in on both sides of the iss ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 21, 2016Neuroscience
There has been an increasing amount of attention on an interesting, legal drug known as kratom that purportes to help ea ...Written By: Cassidy Reich
NOV 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is a marvelous organ that can do some pretty amazing things. Just running the body and processing all the inpu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 01, 2016
Neuroscience
While some might still consider it a deliberate choice or a character flaw, the best available scientific research says
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 31, 2016
Neuroscience
While caffeine is a stimulant and alcohol is a CNS depressant, when the two substances are combined, they don’t ca
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – October 26, 2016 – In a remarkable “two for one” discovery, scientists from the Fl
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL — October 20, 2016 – In a discovery that advances the understanding of how marijuana works in th
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 19, 2016
Neuroscience
Hungry? It’s all in your head. Regulating appetite is a popular area of research within neuroscience. With the gro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 10, 2016
Neuroscience
The increase in heroin addiction and overdoses is an issue that is detailed every day in news reports, magazines and med
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2016
Neuroscience
There have been dozens of studies done on the impact of social media on a user’s emotional state. Most are not ver
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The leaves of a plant indigenous to Southeast Asia were recently added to the list of banned substances in the US. This
...
SEP 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The popularity of e-cigarettes is fraught with controversy. On the one hand, manufacturers and fans say these devices po
...
SEP 12, 2016
Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan
...
SEP 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
Authors of the new paper include The Scripps Research Institute’s Olivier George (left) and Giordano de Guglielmo.
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington
...
SEP 05, 2016
Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 10, 2016
Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA – August 10, 2016 – A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), funde
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 02, 2016
Videos
Skeptics tend to regard hypnosis as deceptive magic acts. At its worst, hypnosis may be entirely staged with apparent "v
...
JUL 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Substance P, a natural substance produced in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, is known to activ
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUL 06, 2016
Cancer
Researchers from the University of London have found that a drug used to combat addiction may also be effective at killi
...
JUL 04, 2016
Neuroscience
The neuroscience behind medications for psychiatric conditions like depression, or anxiety is complex and often the subj
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
How many of us go to bed with our smartphone in our hands? “Just five more minutes before I fall asleep,” we
...
JUN 23, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
The question of whether or not to legalize marijuana is controversial, with experts weighing in on both sides of the iss
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 21, 2016
Neuroscience
There has been an increasing amount of attention on an interesting, legal drug known as kratom that purportes to help ea
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich