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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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AUG 27, 2020Health & Medicine
People who use cannabis every day for six months are a quarter (25 percent) more likely to stop injecting opioids than t ...Written By: Angela DowdenAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Olinvyk (oliceridine), a new opioid that can help mana ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 04, 2020Neuroscience
Marijuana is sometimes used to help people wean themselves off other drugs addictions, such as to opioids, but can also ...Written By: Angela DowdenJUL 29, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis use disorder is essentially cannabis addiction. Although research suggests that it affects 9% of peop ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 15, 2020Health & Medicine
Evidence suggests that chronic pain is the most common “qualifying condition” for patients who have been iss ...Written By: Angela DowdenJUL 14, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Opioids continue to have a bad name, and for a good reason, the number of lives they took due to their abuse has led to ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have begun to examine how cocaine exposure alters gene expression in a specific region of the brain, and the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Neuro-pharmaceutical company, MindMed, has announced that it will begin a double-blind placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinic ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
DMT is a powerful psychedelic drug known to produce visions involving 'other beings' like elves, aliens, and dei ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 01, 2020Neuroscience
People who use psychedelics like magic mushrooms, LSD and DMT often describe a feeling of going 'beyond their human ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 21, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The fidget spinner toy craze took the world by storm — a small, boomerang-shaped gadget that rotates hypnotically ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 17, 2020Technology
How real is video game addiction? We often hear of the negative implications for long-term video game use but is it fair ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 08, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Upon quitting cannabis, many notice their dreams become a lot more vivid and intense. But why? To answer that ques ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2020Neuroscience
Following a traumatic experience, some experience intense flashbacks, nightmares, irritability, anger and fear. Key symp ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As legal restrictions loosen around the recreational use of cannabis, researchers are becoming increasingly concerned ab ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 25, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers in Israel are investigating the potential for cannabis-derived products to treat patients with COVID-19. So ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 24, 2020Health & Medicine
Whether or not an addiction to marijuana is a risk of the drug has been widely debated, with the general population typi ...APR 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
New research has found that teenage cannabis use may make the brain more susceptible to the effects of cocaine. "It ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 15, 2020Neuroscience
For some time now, researchers have suspected that psilocybin, the hallucinogen chemical present in ‘magic mushroo ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 15, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis has become more and more popular for both medical and recreational use, researchers are increasingly able to ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 04, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As more and more jurisdictions are decriminalizing cannabis usage, its popularity both for medicinal and recreational us ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 31, 2020Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 21, 2020Neuroscience
Our brain’s reward system is crucial for learning new things. Relying on the release of neurotransmitter dopamine, ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 18, 2020Immunology
In the words of C.S. Lewis, “Pain insists upon being attended to.” This is especially true for patients suff ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
AUG 27, 2020
Health & Medicine
People who use cannabis every day for six months are a quarter (25 percent) more likely to stop injecting opioids than t
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Olinvyk (oliceridine), a new opioid that can help mana
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 04, 2020
Neuroscience
Marijuana is sometimes used to help people wean themselves off other drugs addictions, such as to opioids, but can also
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JUL 29, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis use disorder is essentially cannabis addiction. Although research suggests that it affects 9% of peop
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 15, 2020
Health & Medicine
Evidence suggests that chronic pain is the most common “qualifying condition” for patients who have been iss
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
JUL 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Opioids continue to have a bad name, and for a good reason, the number of lives they took due to their abuse has led to
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have begun to examine how cocaine exposure alters gene expression in a specific region of the brain, and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Neuro-pharmaceutical company, MindMed, has announced that it will begin a double-blind placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinic
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
DMT is a powerful psychedelic drug known to produce visions involving 'other beings' like elves, aliens, and dei
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 01, 2020
Neuroscience
People who use psychedelics like magic mushrooms, LSD and DMT often describe a feeling of going 'beyond their human
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 21, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The fidget spinner toy craze took the world by storm — a small, boomerang-shaped gadget that rotates hypnotically
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 17, 2020
Technology
How real is video game addiction? We often hear of the negative implications for long-term video game use but is it fair
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 08, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Upon quitting cannabis, many notice their dreams become a lot more vivid and intense. But why? To answer that ques
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2020
Neuroscience
Following a traumatic experience, some experience intense flashbacks, nightmares, irritability, anger and fear. Key symp
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As legal restrictions loosen around the recreational use of cannabis, researchers are becoming increasingly concerned ab
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 25, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers in Israel are investigating the potential for cannabis-derived products to treat patients with COVID-19. So
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 24, 2020
Health & Medicine
Whether or not an addiction to marijuana is a risk of the drug has been widely debated, with the general population typi
...
APR 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
New research has found that teenage cannabis use may make the brain more susceptible to the effects of cocaine. "It
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 15, 2020
Neuroscience
For some time now, researchers have suspected that psilocybin, the hallucinogen chemical present in ‘magic mushroo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 15, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis has become more and more popular for both medical and recreational use, researchers are increasingly able to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 04, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As more and more jurisdictions are decriminalizing cannabis usage, its popularity both for medicinal and recreational us
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 31, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 21, 2020
Neuroscience
Our brain’s reward system is crucial for learning new things. Relying on the release of neurotransmitter dopamine,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2020
Immunology
In the words of C.S. Lewis, “Pain insists upon being attended to.” This is especially true for patients suff
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes