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Drug-Related Preference in Cocaine Addiction Extends to Images
WASHINGTON, Nov.17 (AScribe Newswire) -- When given a choice between viewing pictures of cocaine and a variety of other images, cocaine addicted individuals, as compared to healthy, non-addicted research subjects, show a clear preference...
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Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of the Cardiovascular Effects Following the Coadministration of Cocaine and Ethanol
One of the most common drug dependencies occurring with alcoholism is cocaine dependence.This combination is particularly worrisome because of the increased risk of cardiovascular events associated with their co-abuse. Though it's well...
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Gene May Be Predictor of Cocaine Addiction Risk
Loading the requested feed item, please wait...Gene May Be Predictor of Cocaine Addiction Risk.
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UNC, Yale Partner to Study Effects of Cocaine Use on Mother-infant Relationships
Newswise Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Yale University have been awarded almost $10 million to study the many ways cocaine use during pregnancy can negatively affect interactions between mothers and...
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Learn about the Forensic Technologies: New and Growing Markets
Technology advancements in forensics have been of considerable import in recent years.Recent examples include improved fingerprint recovery from metals, such as gun cartridges and bomb fragments, use of the chemistry of color to identify...
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We have come a long way!
The use and abuse of drugs has always fascinated me.Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Many common drugs of abuse were originally used as medicine. Cannabis For thousands of years cannabis has been...
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Cocaine addiction and genes
Scientists have discovered a gene that increases the risk of cocaine addiction, according to a front-page story in The Guardian yesterday.They claim the discovery could lead to genetic screening for the 'CAMK4 gene' to identify those most...
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All In The Family - Scientists Discover Gene For Cocaine
ALL IN THE FAMILY - SCIENTISTS DISCOVER GENE FOR COCAINE ADDICTION It has become commonplace for people who are overweight to attribute their waistline to their DNA.Now, celebrities caught snorting cocaine might also be able to...
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Gene linked to cocaine addiction identified
London (PTI): Researchers in Germany have discovered a 'cocaine gene' which makes people more likely to become addicted to the drug, a development that could facilitate the early screening of potential addicts.A study led by Professor...
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Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Peptide Plays a Role in the Manifestation of Depression: Social
We investigated the effect of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) peptide on depression-like behavior in socially isolated and olfactory bulbectomized (OBX) rats.Administration of CART (54102) into the lateral ventricle ...
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Gene linked to cocaine addiction identified
London (PTI): Researchers in Germany have discovered a 'cocaine gene' which makes people more likely to become addicted to the drug, a development that could facilitate the early screening of potential addicts.A study led by Professor...
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Cocaine addiction 'all in the genes'
Those carrying a mutation of gene CAMK4 are 25 per cent more likely to be abusers, a study found.Cocaine addiction 'all in the genes'.
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Scientists Discover Gene For Cocaine Addiction
_ Scientists Discover Gene For Cocaine Addiction.
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Repeated Cocaine Use Linked to MI Risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 28 - In a US national survey, the risk of MI was increased fourfold among young adults who had used cocaine more than 10 times in their lifetimes, according to epidemiologists at the Beth Israel Deaconess...
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Repeated Cocaine Use Linked to MI Risk
_ Repeated Cocaine Use Linked to MI Risk.
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Liberia: Mental health problems breed violence
(IRIN), MONROVIA Liberias only mental health specialist says the country is experiencing an increase in post-traumatic strees disorders because the countrys two disarmament processes during 14 years of conflict did not address the...
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Colombia drug industry eyes off Australia
Reporter: Mark Colvin MARK COLVIN: The Australian federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said as you may remember on this program yesterday that his force had seized nearly 200 kilograms of cocaine on its way into the country and that was...
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TopAbstracts in Addictions 10/16/2008
TopAbstracts in Addictions are the abstracts most highly rated/most read by nearly 300,000 physicians who received a Doctor's Guide newsletter or visited a website Powered by Doctor's Guide in the past 14 days.Over 2000 peer-reviewed...
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Cocaine use blamed for 10% of MIs in under-45s
MedWire News: The rising prevalence of cocaine use in the USA will lead to an increase in myocardial infarctions (MI), particularly among younger people, US researchers have warned.Their message is based on a new analysis of US population...
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As the Violence Soars, Mexico Signals It's Had Enough
AS THE VIOLENCE SOARS, MEXICO SIGNALS IT'S HAD ENOUGH OF AMERICA'S STU WAR ON DRUGS Even on his most homicidal of days, Al Pacino's character in Scarface couldn't even approach the level of drug trafficking-related brutality bleeding down...
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Mental health problems breed violence in Liberia
Photo: Ansu Konneh/IRIN Unmet mental health care needs are pushing some to drug abuse and suicide, said the country's only clinically-trained mental health therapist (2008) MONROVIA, 13 October 2008 (IRIN) - Liberias only mental health...
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Off the Streets and Into the Kitchen
Food can nourish body and soul, help us celebrate successes and milestones, and enrich our lives even as it delivers the nutrients we need.It can also, as Jeff Henderson will attest, reach out, grab you by the collar and redeem you before...
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LIBERIA: Mental health problems breed violence
Photo: Ansu Konneh/IRIN Unmet mental health care needs are pushing some to drug abuse and suicide, said the country's only clinically-trained mental health therapist (2008) MONROVIA, 13 October 2008 (IRIN) - Liberias only mental health...
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Drug Overdose Deaths on the Rise
Sept.22, 2008 (Anaheim, Calif.) -- Deaths from accidental drug overdoses have increased dramatically in recent years, and prescription painkillers account for much of the problem, according to research presented today at the National...
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