Sentences with phrase «cocaine abuse increases»

«Our results indicate that cocaine abuse increases a pregnant woman's likelihood of needing a Caesarean section,» says Birnbach.

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The study findings also associate several other factors with an increased risk of developing BD, including preterm birth, head injury, drug exposures (especially cocaine), physical or sexual abuse, and other forms of stress.

The researchers also detected increased levels of the protein ΔFosB, which is marker of long - term changes in neurochemistry, elevated in those abusing drugs such as cocaine or morphine.

In ways that drugs of abuse — such as nicotine, cocaine and heroin — hijack the brain's reward pathway and make users dependent, increasing neuro - chemical and behavioural evidence suggests that sugar is addictive in the same way, too.