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Study: Nicotine increasing in cigarettes
Posted on 2007-01-18 07:42:53 in Addiction |
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say they have confirmed a study by the state that found nicotine levels in cigarettes increased from 1997 until 2005. The analysis, based on data submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health by cigarette manufacturers, found that increases in smoke nicotine yield per cigarette averaged 1.6 percent each year, for a total of about 11 percent over a seven-year period. Continue reading…
Smoking, pollution fueling China lung cancer rates
Posted on 2007-01-08 12:32:51 in Addiction |
China will have more than 1 million new lung cancer patients a year by 2025 if smoking and pollution are not brought under control, state media reported. The figure will be the highest in the world, the China Daily said, quoting health experts who cited World Health Organization figures. China had 120,000 new lung cancer patients in the past five years, according to the Ministry of Health, the paper reported. Continue reading…
Tajikistan grapples with drug addiction
Posted on 2006-12-19 06:28:52 in Addiction |
Central Asia's poorest county is also one of the world's leading transit routes for heroin, opium and other drugs from Afghanistan. Sergei Makhkamov has been caught in the flood. "I tried it, I liked it and it went from there," said the haggard, fidgety, out-of-work 24-year-old who got hooked on heroin in 2004. "If you have the money, you can find it anywhere, anytime." This mountainous nation already was scarred by a civil war that ended just nine years ago. Now, wounds are being inflicted by a dramatic spike in the trafficking of drugs coming out of neighboring Afghanistan bound for Russia and Europe Continue reading…
No 'Smoking' Gun: Research Indicates Teen Marijuana Use Does Not Predict Drug, Alcohol Abuse
Posted on 2006-12-06 05:44:58 in Addiction |
Marijuana is not a "gateway" drug that predicts or eventually leads to substance abuse, suggests a 12-year University of Pittsburgh study. Moreover, the study's findings call into question the long-held belief that has shaped prevention efforts and governmental policy for six decades and caused many a parent to panic upon discovering a bag of pot in their child's bedroom. Continue reading…
Alcohol deaths spark debate in Russia
Posted on 2006-11-07 11:52:21 in Addiction |
In a country renowned for hard drinking, most people aren't surprised to hear that 42,000 people die from counterfeit alcohol in Russia each year. Perfumes, aftershave, cleaning liquids and other fluids have been passed off by counterfeiters as vodka for decades, and have long been on the drinks list of Russia's more desperate alcoholics. Continue reading…
Cigarette Smoking Impedes Tendon-to-bone Healing
Posted on 2006-11-06 09:24:15 in Addiction |
Orthopaedic surgery researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified yet another reason not to smoke. Studying rotator cuff injury in rats, the research team found exposure to nicotine delays tendon-to-bone healing, suggesting this could cause failure of rotator cuff repair following surgery in human patients. Continue reading…
Study Links Receptor To Stress-induced Alcohol Relapse
Posted on 2006-10-23 06:56:08 in Addiction |
Relapse to uncontrolled drinking after periods of sobriety is a defining characteristic of alcoholism and is often triggered by stress. A new study in rats reports that a specific receptor for a stress-response transmitter may play an important role in stress-induced relapse. The study, a collaboration between scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and at Camerino University, Italy, appears online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on October 2, 2006. Continue reading…
Drug May Help Women Stop Smoking
Posted on 2006-10-18 12:33:12 in Addiction |
Adding the opiate blocker naltrexone to the combination of behavioral therapy and nicotine patches boosted smoking cessation rates for women by almost 50 percent when assessed after eight weeks of treatment, but made no difference for men, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the October 2006 issue of the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Continue reading…
Animals Resistant To Drunken Behavior Offer Clues To Alcoholism's Roots
Posted on 2006-10-09 07:09:03 in Addiction |
Animals with a remarkable ability to hold their liquor may point the way toward the genetic underpinnings of alcohol addiction, two separate research teams reported in the October 6, 2006 issue of the journal Cell. Earlier studies have shown that people with a greater tolerance for alcohol have a greater risk of becoming alcoholics, according to the researchers. Continue reading…
Genetically Altered Mice No Longer Like Cocaine
Posted on 2006-08-02 06:58:32 in Addiction |
Researchers found that they could eliminate the rewarding effect of cocaine on mice by genetically manipulating a key target of the drug in the animal's brain. While the researchers aren't suggesting that these genetic modifications be made in humans, the work brings to light the key protein that controls cocaine's effects in the body, which may help scientists develop medications that achieve the same results and therefore help addicts overcome their dependence. Continue reading…
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