drug addiction

Teen Teaches ADHDThrough Horsemanship

Sun, 31 May 2009 19:41:39 -0500

Danielle Herb is a 15 year old Florida based teen CEO who owns a company called Drop Your Reins. Her self-branded training program shares the same name. Drop Your Reins teaches ADD/ADHD and Autistic kids self-calming techniques and how to overcome their fears through the use of equine assisted training, natural healing techniques and Natural Horsemanship.

Early isolation linked to enhanced response to cocaine

harminka — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:38:07 -0500

Drug addiction affects millions of people around the world, causing numerous problems ranging from emotional and psychological difficulties to physical and health issues.

Teen Substance Abuse and Treatment: Constant Attention Needed

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:03:03 -0600

Being a teenager is often a confusing, challenging time, which can make teens vulnerable to falling into a destructive pattern of drug use. While most teens probably see their drug use as a casual way to have fun, there are negative effects that are a result of this use of alcohol or other drugs. New study says we need constant attention to help teens to overcome drug abuse.

Potential new drug for cocaine addiction and overdose

harminka — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:21:29 -0500

Chemists are reporting development of what they term the most powerful substance ever discovered for eliminating cocaine from the body, an advance that could lead to the world's first effective medicine for fighting overdoses and addictions of the illicit drug.

Veterinarians in China cure elephant of drug addiction

erku — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:28:15 -0500

Chinese veterinarians have put an Asian elephant who was fed with drugged bananas by animal smugglers through a detox program to cure the animal of his addiction, the Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

Cocaine-induced brain plasticity may protect addicted brain

harminka — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:15:59 -0500

A new study has unraveled some of the mysteries of the cocaine-addicted brain and may pave the way for the design of more effective treatments for drug addiction.

Quit Rewarding Drug Impaired

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:49:39 -0500

Why are celebrities and drug addicts like Amy Winehouse being rewarded by being participants in such honorable events such as Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebration in London.

UK Drug Addicts If Not Seeking Treatment May Loose Benefits

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:49:23 -0600

Patients suffering from drug addiction in UK may loose benefits for next six month if they refuse to receive proper treatment.

Aussie neuroscientist tests addiction drug

harminka — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:28:53 -0600

UQ pharmacy graduate Dr Selena Bartlett is starting clinical trials of a new drug that could potentially curb addictions such as smoking, drinking, gambling even depression.

Similarities found in opiate and nicotine addiction

harminka — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:02:12 -0600

This is what the brain says when people use tobacco, as well as ‘hard drugs’ such as heroin. New research published in the February 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience indicates that the effects of nicotine and opiates on the brain's reward system are equally strong in a key pleasure-sensing areas of the brain – the nucleus accumbens.

Brain circuitry that drives drug-seeking compulsion identi

harminka — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:55:17 -0600

In experiments with rats, researchers have identified the change in brain circuitry that drives development of a compulsion to seek drugs, even when that compulsion is self-destructive.

Methadone Even at Therapeutic Levels Can Kill

harminka — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:33:33 -0600

Methadone is a possible cause of sudden cardiac death even when it isn’t overdosed but is taken at therapeutic levels primarily for relief of chronic pain or drug addiction withdrawal, a new study by Oregon Health & Science University researchers suggests.