The recognition of drug addiction as a disease was the focus of a panel discussion at United Nations Headquarters on Thursday. “Leaving No One Behind: the Opioid Epidemic as a Global Challenge”, was organized by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), to highlight the growing problem of addiction worldwide. (Source: UN News Centre – Health, Poverty, Food Security)
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Scientists identify a brain circuit that strengthens with cocaine use and demonstrate how weakening its connections can reduce drug-seeking in rats. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Justin McSwain, 28, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, has struggled with food since he was a child when his mother Tara – who was addicted to painkillers and heroin – drifted in and out of his life. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Bryan Robinson describes his book as an “ultimate guide to finding time to relax, slow down and live better.” (Source: ABC News: Health)
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(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) In a paper out today in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Columbia researchers present an expanded model to reduce opioid overdose and death by addressing gaps in addiction care and by monitoring treatment outcomes. A group of researchers led by Arthur Robin Williams, MD, MBE, at Columbia University’s Division on Substance Use Disorders, de
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