While drugs have been developed to treat HIV and AIDS, the virus can still lie dormant in the brain, increasing the risk for brain disease such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
Using this many devices at once doesn’t mean a person is addicted to technology.
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Though the World Health Organization has declared “gaming disorder” an addiction, its – and others’ – concerns about technology use and alleged addiction don’t hold up to scholarly scrutiny.
It’s not just our taste buds thanking us when we give ourselves a sweet treat.
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Scientists are just starting to understand how your parents’ genes and experiences might shape your own susceptibility to dangerous drugs. Could that help to stop addictions before they start?
In Australia, cocaine is most commonly snorted.
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Cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit substance in Australia, after marijuana.
As North America’s opioid crisis worsens, schools across Canada are purchasing naloxone anti-overdose kits. Research suggests that risks of opioid addiction could also be addressed through attention to children’s nutrition.
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High fructose corn syrup in food and drinks has long been linked to rising rates of child and teen obesity. New evidence suggests it increases the risks of opioid addiction and overdose too.
Research has yielded new insights into Parkinson’s disease, and treatments are expanding. But a shortage of doctors trained in the disease leaves a gap in care.
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after dementia.
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College students who take stimulants such as Adderall to get an academic edge might be setting themselves up unknowingly to a vicious cycle of substance abuse and addiction.
Are you a “carb craver” or “chocaholic”? We often use language associated with addiction to describe our relationships with food. But is it really possible to be addicted to certain types of food?
Video games have some clever ways of motivating players, and these methods can be used to get kids interested in learning.
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There may be a chemical secret to getting kids interested in learning – and it’s one that’s created and produced by our own bodies rather than in a lab.
Excess dopamine activity is not the only neurological change seen in patients with schizophrenia.
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The landscape of pharmaceutical development for mental disorders has changed over recent years, with pharma companies abandoning traditional neuroscience drug discovery programs and turning instead to…