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Addiction: Addiction is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain-they change its structure and how it works. These brain changes can be long-lasting, and can lead to the harmful behaviors seen in people who abuse drugs. Addiction is a lot like other diseases, such as heart disease. Both disrupt the normal, healthy functioning of the underlying organ, have serious harmful consequences, and are preventable and treatable, but if left untreated, can last a lifetime.
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Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
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
...
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
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...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 02, 2016
Videos
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...
JUL 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Substance P, a natural substance produced in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, is known to activ
...
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Julianne Chiaet
JUL 29, 2016
Videos
Psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms are often associated with recreational use or abuse. But recent studies s
...
JUL 29, 2016
Videos
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 06, 2016
Cancer
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...
JUL 04, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
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
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...
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
...
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Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 21, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 09, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 31, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It sounds counterintuitive, and possibly illogical: a drug implant to combat the addiction of drugs? But, the U.S. Food
...
MAY 30, 2016
Neuroscience
In 2013, President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative was la
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 29, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
New research with mice offers more evidence of a complex interaction between genes and the environment when it comes to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is an incredibly complex system of neurons, synapses and blood flow. It controls all the functions of the body
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2016
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
FEB 23, 2016
Videos
Addictive substances can be as dangerous as opioids or heroin, or as commonplace as alcohol or caffeine. Though the effe
...
FEB 23, 2016
Health & Medicine
Opioid addiction is a huge problem, with about 2 million Americans suffering from addiction to prescription pain relieve
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich