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PET imaging focuses on medication's purported ability to improve mental performance
Concerned by the growing numbers of people using stimulant medications such as methylphenidate (MP)-either legally or illegally-to improve attention and focus, researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with the radiotracer fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) to assess the effects of the drug... view more (2008-06-17)

Regaining Hand Control After Nerve Damage
A Swedish study published as a research letter in this week’s issue of THE LANCET concludes that the return of sensory control in the hand after nerve damage in the arm is an age-related learning process involving the central nervous system, and is similar to the processes involved in... view more (2001-09-05)

Diverse Family Forms Across Europe
"British men in their mid-twenties are nearly five times as likely as Italian men to be living with a partner." New ESRC research highlights the diversity of family forms across the European Union. The study, specially commissioned for the ESRC's sixth national social science conference,... view more (2002-11-20)

Medical acupuncture gaining acceptance by the US Air Force
Medical acupuncture, which is acupuncture performed by a licensed physician trained at a conventional medical school, is being used increasingly for pain control.   view more (2008-12-19)

Nice but naughty -- our addiction to chocolate
Chocolate is the most widely and frequently craved food. People readily admit to being 'addicted to chocolate' or willingly label themselves as 'chocoholics'. A popular explanation for this is that chocolate contains mood-enhancing (psychoactive) ingredients that give it special appeal.   view more (2007-09-11)

UCLA researchers discover how drug binds to neurons to stop drunken symptoms of alcohol
UCLA researchers discovered how an experimental drug, called Ro15-4513, binds to specific receptors on brain neurons, which helps explain how this drug stops the drunken behavioral symptoms of alcohol such as impaired motor coordination, memory loss and drowsiness.   view more (2006-05-09)

Researchers separate analgesic effects from addictive aspects of pain-killing drugs
For the first time, pain researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that it's possible to separate the good effects of opiate drugs such as morphine (pain relief) from the unwanted side effects of those drugs (tolerance, abuse and addiction).   view more (2007-08-22)

Moderate alcohol consumption enhances the formation of new nerve cells - may contribute to alcohol dependency
Moderate alcohol consumption over a relatively long period of time can enhance the formation of new nerve cells in the adult brain. The new cells could prove important in the development of alcohol dependency and other long-term effects of alcohol on the brain. The findings are published by... view more (2005-04-26)

Personality and parents' alcoholism interact to influence a person's risk of becoming an alcoholic
Personality and parental alcoholism interact to influence an individual's risk of becoming an alcoholic   view more (2006-06-26)

Family favorite? Study says parents, sibs see imbalances in parents' attention differently
When parents treat their children differently, siblings and parents often have very different ideas about what's happening and why, says a University of Illinois study. And there can be as many points of view as there are family members.   view more (2007-05-22)

Alcohol-deterrent drugs help patients achieve high rates of long-term abstinence
Studies investigating the long-term outcomes of alcoholism treatment are rare and inconsistent.   view more (2006-01-04)

Ready to go: mobile terahertz devices
Terahertz waves, which until now have barely found their way out of the laboratory, could soon be in use as a versatile tool. Researchers have mobilized the transmitting and receiving devices so that they can be used anywhere with ease.   view more (2008-04-09)

Unlocking mystery of why dopamine freezes Parkinson's patients
Parkinson's disease and drug addiction are polar opposite diseases, but both depend upon dopamine in the brain. Parkinson's patients don't have enough of it; drug addicts get too much of it. Although the importance of dopamine in these disorders has been well known, the way it works has been a... view more (2008-08-11)

Medication plus counseling may help teens kick the smoking habit
The medication bupropion plus counseling appears to help adolescents quit cigarette smoking in the short term.   view more (2007-11-06)

Expert joins scheme to boost the health of young people
A teenage pregnancy expert from Staffordshire University is to take a leading role in a UK Government bid to improve the lives of children and young people across England. Dr Ruth Chambers, Professor of Primary Care Development at the University`s School of Health, has been appointed co-chair of a... view more (2002-01-14)

Evidence from ancient European graves raises questions about ritual human sacrifice
A fascinating new paper from the June issue of Current Anthropology explores ancient multiple graves and raises the possibility that hunter gatherers in what is now Europe may have practiced ritual human sacrifice.   view more (2007-05-30)

Study finds connections between genetics, brain activity and preference
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has used brain imaging, genetics and experimental psychology techniques to identify a connection between brain reward circuitry, a behavioral measurement of preference and a gene variant that appears to influence both.   view more (2008-08-07)

New research shows that the smell of smoke does not trigger relapse in quitters
Research into tobacco dependence published online today (Friday 17 October 2008) in the November issue of Addiction, has shown that recent ex-smokers who find exposure to other people's cigarette smoke pleasant are not any more likely to relapse than those who find it unpleasant.   view more (2008-10-17)

Are some men predisposed to pedophilia?
Height may point to a biological basis for pedophilia, according to new research released by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The study found that pedophilic males were shorter on average than males without a sexual attraction to children.   view more (2007-10-23)

Imaging study may help point toward more effective smoking cessation treatments
Results of a new imaging study, supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, show that the nicotine received in just a few puffs of a cigarette can exert a force powerful enough to drive an individual to continue smoking.   view more (2006-08-08)

Media Invitation: 2nd ESMO Scientific & Educational Conference (ESEC)
Scheduled Press Conferences   view more (2005-05-17)

Abstinence is best way of preventing young people being “engulfed” by sexually transmitted infection
Contrary to the statements issued by the UK government, abstinence from sex is the best way of preventing young people from being “engulfed” by the tide of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies. Advice to use condoms is simply not enough.   view more (2003-08-01)

Scripps research study reveals mechanism behind nicotine dependency
The new study reveals that, in rats, chronic nicotine use recruits a major brain stress system, the extrahypothalamic corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) system, which contributes to continued tobacco use by exacerbating anxiety and craving upon withdrawal. The researchers found that administering... view more (2007-10-02)

Neuroscience Research Programme to be a joint Finnish, Chinese and Canadian effort
The Academy of Finland has agreed to the joint organisation of the Neuroscience Research Programme (NEURO) in co-operation with a Chinese and Canadian research funding organisation. On 14 March, the Academy of Finland, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Institute of... view more (2005-03-16)

Haunted by hallucinations: Children in the PICU traumatized by delusions
Nearly one in three children admitted to pediatric intensive care will experience delusions or hallucinations, which put them at higher risk for post-traumatic stress symptoms, according to a new study of children's experiences in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).   view more (2008-05-01)
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