Chronic pain ranks well below drug addiction as a major health problem in new …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.?pril 9, 2013? new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America shows only 18% of respondents believe chronic pain is a major health problem, even though a majority of Americans (63%) say they know someone who …
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Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction
“When we turn on a laser light in the prelimbic region of the prefrontal cortex, the compulsive cocaine seeking is gone,” said Antonello Bonci, MD, scientific director of the intramural research program at the NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse …
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Almost Addicted: Is My (or My Loved One's) Drug Use a Problem?
Harvard Medical School's “Almost Effect” series is increasingly valuable in a world where mental health issues are starting to be seen on a grayscale rather than in black and white. The series, which includes Almost a Psychopath: Do I (or Does Someone …
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