addiction
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US Health Officials’ New Plan To Fight The Opioid Crisis: Stop Chronic Pain Before It Starts
The opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone.Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Earlier this week, the US National Institutes of Health revealed its new plan to tackle the US opioid crisis, which it dubbed the Helping to End Addiction Long-term, or HEAL, initiative. Among the ideas presented are research programs devoted to better understanding chronic pain, developing new…
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Opioid-Addicted Americans Seem To Have This Genetic Variation In Common
Who you are is the result of a complicated interplay between your environment, your genes, and probably a few other factors science has yet to uncover. Genetics influence somewhere around half of a person’s “vulnerability to addiction,” according to the US National Institute on Drug Abuse. Now, as opioid addiction has reached epidemic levels in…
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FDA Approves First Implant To Treat Opioid Addiction
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Probuphine, the first implantable drug for the treatment of opioid dependence. It’s a welcome development at a time when scores of Americans are addicted to painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin.
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This Is What Cocaine Addiction Looks Like In A Transparent Mouse Brain
Last year, neuroscientists unveiled a remarkable new technique called CLARITY that makes whole mouse brains invisible. And now they’re proving it’s not just a cool trick. A striking new video shows the complex circuits that light up when mice experience fear or cocaine addiction.