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Media undermine efforts to tackle nicotine addiction
Inaccurate media reports surrounding the safety of new smoking cessation drugs are undermining the treatment of nicotine addiction, according to an editorial in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-06-05)

Antipsychotic drug may block addiction, UIC researchers find
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered that a long-approved oral antipsychotic drug can stop the addictive properties of opioid painkillers in mice.   view more (2006-02-09)

Drug commonly used for alcoholism curbs urges of pathological gamblers
A drug commonly used to treat alcohol addiction has a similar effect on pathological gamblers - it curbs the urge to gamble and participate in gambling-related behavior, according to a new research at the University of Minnesota.   view more (2008-06-16)

Bug surprise for drug traffickers - Microbiology Today: May 2004 issue
Bacteria could be the new weapon in the fight against drug trafficking, according to an article published in the May 2004 issue of Microbiology Today, the quarterly magazine for the Society for General Microbiology. Researchers at CNAP, University of York, have found bacteria that grow on heroin... view more (2004-05-17)

Large family study pinpoints genetic linkage in drug addiction
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 oxycontin.   view more (2006-04-11)

Do we need alcohol prevention programs for 'tweens?'
The article examined a large study of six grade students across a metropolitan area, to see which factors distinguished young alcohol users from nonusers, including even their stated intentions regarding future alcohol use.   view more (2008-04-03)

Boosting social skills reduces teenage drug use and addiction
School-based programmes that develop individual young people's social skills are the best way to reduce drug use.   view more (2005-04-14)

UCI neurobiologists find treatment to block memory-related drug cravings
A novel chemical compound that blocks memory-related drug cravings has the potential to be the basis of new therapies to aid drug-addiction recovery efforts, UC Irvine neurobiologists have found.   view more (2005-09-19)

NIH Launches Study to Assess Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today launched an observational study to evaluate the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adolescents.   view more (2007-04-18)

Opiate drugs increase vulnerability to stress
A new study has found that opiate drugs such as morphine leave animals more vulnerable to stress. This means that stress and opiates are in a vicious cycle: Not only does stress trigger drug use, but in return the drug leaves animals more vulnerable to stress.   view more (2005-08-29)

A License to Drive with ADHD
If your teen can't pass a driver's test, it might not mean more time in driver's ed is needed. It might be due to ADHD.   view more (2008-11-04)

Brenner Children's Hospital researcher says PSA campaign about risky sexual behaviors a success
Media campaigns that remind parents to talk with their children about sex are effective, according to a pediatric researcher at Brenner Children's Hospital and Wake Forest University School of Medicine.   view more (2006-02-24)

Repeated methamphetamine use causes long-term adaptations in brains of mice, researchers find
Repeatedly stimulating the mouse brain with methamphetamine depresses important areas of the brain, and those changes can only be undone by re-introducing the drug, according to research at the University of Washington and other institutions.   view more (2008-04-10)

Cocaine: How addiction develops
Permanent drug seeking and relapse after renewed drug administration are typical behavioral patterns of addiction. Molecular changes at the connection points in the brain's reward center are directly responsible for this.   view more (2008-08-22)

Pleasure and pain: Study shows brain's 'pleasure chemical' is involved in response to pain too
For years, the brain chemical dopamine has been thought of as the brain's "pleasure chemical," sending signals between brain cells in a way that rewards a person or animal for one activity or another.   view more (2006-10-19)

Morphine Makes Lasting - and Surprising - Change in the Brain
Morphine, as little as a single dose, blocks the brain's ability to strengthen connections at inhibitory synapses, according to new Brown University research published in Nature.   view more (2007-04-26)

Damage to specific part of the brain may make smokers 'forget' to smoke
Preliminary research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, has found that some smokers with damage to a part of the brain called the insula may have their addiction to nicotine practically eliminated.   view more (2007-01-29)

Risky teen behavior may not occur at home or school: but how to track?
How can researchers track where teens go when not in or near home or school to see if this movement has an impact on health-related behavior such as smoking or sexual activity" The answer is through that ubiquitous teen accessory - the cell phone.   view more (2008-03-25)

Vaccines help kick drug habits
A pair of new vaccines designed to combat cocaine and methamphetamine dependencies not only relieve addiction but also minimize withdrawal symptoms.   view more (2007-06-25)

New study demonstrates nicotine's role in smoking behavior
Tobacco dependence is the leading cause of mortality in Canada. Although most smokers express a desire to stop smoking, only a small number are able to succeed. A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH, Canada) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA) reveals that... view more (2007-02-28)

Genes found for successful smoking cessation
Physicians may some day have a new tool for tailoring smoking cessation treatments to a patient's individual genetic makeup.   view more (2007-04-02)

It's in their genes: Study of twins connects smoking addiction with major depression
Ever wonder why smoking and depression seem to go together" A Saint Louis University School of Public Health researcher finds the connection is genetic.   view more (2007-07-17)

Halting retrieval of drug-associated memories may prevent addiction relapse
Disrupting the brain's retrieval of drug-associated memories may prevent relapse in drug addiction, according to new research in the August 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.   view more (2008-08-13)

Possible genetic basis for alcohol abuse discovered
Alcoholism seems to have its roots at least partly in the genes. How genetic factors contribute to alcohol abuse is still an important question to be solved. There are hints that the body produces an opiate-active compound that may enhance alcohol addiction. New studies at the University of Bonn... view more (2001-04-18)

Researchers identify brain's 'eureka' circuitry
Researchers have found the brain region that controls the decision to halt your midnight exploration of the refrigerator and commence enjoyment of that leftover chicken leg. What's more, they said, such mechanisms governing exploration are among those that malfunction in addiction and mental... view more (2008-01-24)
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