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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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JUN 29, 2015Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing. ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp ...Written By: Kareem HeslopMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 11, 2015Neuroscience
More than 100 million Americans are victims of chronic pain, resulting in annual costs of approximately $600 billion in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 04, 2015Neuroscience
New research supports the use of motivational interviewing-a technique described below-to treat addictive behaviors like ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Smokers with a specific genetic variation are more likely to keep smoking longer than those who don't have the gene vari ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Greed got you down? Don't fret--growing evidence of how the brain is wired for relationality and prosocial behavior was ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Findings by a research team at the University of California, have brought up a very interesting question: Could a pill m ...Written By: Robert WoodardFEB 20, 2015Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 15, 2014Immunology
Itch, scratch, itch scratch. It can be a vicious cycle. Everyone's been bothered by some form of itch, but we usually kn ...Written By: Peter Micheli
JUN 29, 2015
Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 11, 2015
Neuroscience
More than 100 million Americans are victims of chronic pain, resulting in annual costs of approximately $600 billion in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 04, 2015
Neuroscience
New research supports the use of motivational interviewing-a technique described below-to treat addictive behaviors like
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Smokers with a specific genetic variation are more likely to keep smoking longer than those who don't have the gene vari
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Greed got you down? Don't fret--growing evidence of how the brain is wired for relationality and prosocial behavior was
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Findings by a research team at the University of California, have brought up a very interesting question: Could a pill m
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
FEB 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 15, 2014
Immunology
Itch, scratch, itch scratch. It can be a vicious cycle. Everyone's been bothered by some form of itch, but we usually kn
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli