Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A study by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the University of Florida suggests that 'tweens' should receive alcohol prevention programs prior to sixth grade, when nearly one in six children are already alcohol users.
The study found that adolescents who already use alcohol are less receptive to ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have found that diltiazem, a drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure, reduces cocaine cravings in a rat model. These findings will appear in the March issue of the leading medical journal Nature Neuroscience.
Previous work showed that ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Smoking by a non-biological parent is as influential as smoking by biological parents in determining whether their teenager smokes, reveal the results of a Cancer Research UK study published in the journal Addiction*.
Researchers based at Cancer Research UK's Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London, interviewed 650 teenagers from ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
The Australian Psychological Society (APS) called attention to the release of the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) report into Supporting the Families of Young People with Problematic Drug Use.
This timely report coincides with concerns raised in the past weeks by the Prime Minister, Mr. Kevin Rudd, and his Health ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Oxidative stress describes the state level of oxidative damage in a cell, tissue or organ, caused by reactive oxygen species. Alcohol induces oxidative stress in the liver resulting in an imbalance between oxidants and anti-oxidants. Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and glutathione (GSH) depletion, lead to abnormal breakdown of ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Gastric Acid May Help Protect Against Foodborne Diseases
A new study suggests that low levels of gastric acid in the stomach can increase one's likelihood of getting a foodborne infection. The researchers from Australia report their findings in the February 2008 issue of the journal Infection and Immunity.
The belief that gastric ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Many studies on cocaine addiction - and attempts to block its addictiveness - have focused on dopamine transporters, proteins that reabsorb the brain's "reward" chemical once its signal is sent. Since cocaine blocks dopamine transporters from doing their recycling job, it leaves the feel-good chemical around to keep sending the ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
t is "about time" the NAACP, National Urban League and other "black-oriented" advocacy groups "threw their support behind federal funding for needle-exchange programs," a Detroit Free Press editorial says (Detroit Free Press, 2/13).
The NAACP, NUL and other groups on Feb. 7 -- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day -- called on ...
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