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Food, Drug Addiction May Have a Lot More in Common Than You Think

Food, drug addiction may have a lot more in common than you think

Filed under: What Causes Drug Abuse and Addiction

But this spring, the secretary of health, Kathleen Sebelius, said that for some, obesity is “an addiction like smoking.”… Continue reading

Treatment for Addicts Is Starting to Change

Treatment for addicts is starting to change
Filed under: cocaine abuse symptoms
Experts are pushing for a truly medical approach to treating addiction as a disease rather than relying solely on longtime unproven therapies like 12-step programs. A call for… Continue reading

Deaths From Heroin Increase in Portage

Deaths from heroin increase in Portage

Filed under: Cocaine Withdrawal

FOUR DEATHS were confirmed heroin overdoses, while two more people overdosed on methadone, a drug sometimes called "synthetic heroin" and prescribed in treatment programs to prevent withdrawal symptoms in heroin… Continue reading

Treatment for Addicts Is Starting to Change

Treatment for addicts is starting to change
Filed under: cocaine abuse symptoms
Experts are pushing for a truly medical approach to treating addiction as a disease rather than relying solely on longtime unproven therapies like 12-step programs. A call for… Continue reading

National Voice on Drug Abuse Retiring From Minn.

National voice on drug abuse retiring from Minn.
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Carol Falkowski, a drug abuse expert whose understanding of addiction has made her one of the nation's most respected voices in the field, is retiring from… Continue reading

GWSMHS Professor to Study Correlation Between Genetics and Susceptibility to Drug Abuse

GWSMHS professor to study correlation between genetics and susceptibility to drug abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Norman H. Lee, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), received a total… Continue reading