Sentences with phrase «of addiction research»

Amy C. Janes, PhD, directs the Functional Integration of Addiction Research Laboratory at the McLean Imaging Center.

Led by Monika Seltenhammer of MedUni Vienna's Department of Forensic Medicine (Head: Daniele U. Risser) it has now been shown in a study published in the «Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy» that the effects of this chronic stimulus can even be identified post-mortem as «dependence memory.»

Their work, in many ways, would set the stage for the revolution now overtaking the field of addiction research.

But, says Sen, now an assistant professor at Georgia Regents University, «what we can not deny is that this study provides a new hope in the field of addiction research.»

Volkow was named the best medical student of her class in 1981 at the National University of Mexico, and she went on to break new ground in the field of addiction research.

[Reprinted in Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment, 1991, 331 - 336.]

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The decree also calls for research into all the potential health benefits of marijuana, as well as programs that prevent children and adolescents from having access to marijuana and programs for those who develop addictions.

According to a study published this week by the Pittsburgh - based market research group CivicScience, digital device addiction is at an all - time high: 59 percent of U.S. online consumers over the age of 13 consider themselves at least «somewhat» addicted to their digital devices.

Maybe we're not calling it phone addiction yet, but there's now a ton of research about how we receive a small amount of dopamine in the brain when we browse the web or receive an email.

For instance, Gingrich is a strong advocate for funding scientific research and has even endorsed doubling the budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and medication - assisted treatment for opioid addiction.

The call to execute certain drug traffickers is drawing the most attention, but another part of the plan could make a big difference: The White House will support research into developing a vaccine for opioid addiction.

There are already plenty of reasons to keep your caffeine addiction alive and kicking: habitual coffee drinkers are less likely to die of heart failure as those who don't indulge, and research has suggested that caffeine may help prevent cancer, diabetes, stroke, and Parkinson's disease.

«I realized I wanted to be one of the people creating and defining organizational strategy, not just implementing it,» explains the University of Minnesota's Audrey Klein, a foundation head whose research examines treatments for alcohol and drug addiction.

Her research pulls the veil off of this dark and mysterious realm — and explains why teens are so vulnerable to addiction, whether that addiction is to drugs or to their smartphones.

Prior research has shown that the use of social media may detract from face - to - face relationships, reduce investment in meaningful activities, increase sedentary behavior by encouraging more screen time, lead to internet addiction, and erode self - esteem through unfavorable social comparison.

About MaRS Innovation MaRS Innovation is the commercialization agent for Ontario's exceptional discovery pipeline from 15 leading academic institutions, including Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), MaRS Discovery District, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Ryerson University, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital and York University.

Provincial governments devote some portion of gambling revenue to gambling addiction research and treatment (for example, in B.C., the total is 0.5 %; in Ontario, it's 2.6 %; and in Quebec, it's 2.3 %) but it appears that Canadians would like to see more done.

MaRS Innovation is delighted to announce that two of its commercialization projects — notably an umbilical cord stem cell technology from Mount Sinai Hospital and nicotine addiction therapy from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)-- have received Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Proof of Principle (PoP)addiction therapy from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)-- have received Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Proof of Principle (PoP)Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)-- have received Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Proof of Principle (PoP) funding.

During the 1970s, DuPont worked to expand Endo's line of analgesics and to develop treatments for drug addiction, but Endo proved unable to accommodate the expansion and squabbling among research groups slowed development of new drugs.

Only a small percentage of marijuana users, according to recent research, move on to heroin addiction.

A few years ago I conducted a survey of 350 people with sex and porn addiction as part of my research for my first book, Understanding and Treating Sex Addiction (Roaddiction as part of my research for my first book, Understanding and Treating Sex Addiction (RoAddiction (Routledge).

The latest research on women with addictions, particularly on those who are chemically dependent, shows that these women's concerns and needs differ from those of male addicts.

Relieve society of the belief that money thrown into prohibition, pledges, therapy, penalization, incarceration, Treatment programs, medical research, clergy conferences, alcoholism and addiction studies, new «self - help» groups, new church - centered catchall programs, and government intrusion can possibly replace the voluntary, determined, recovery efforts of hurting alcoholics and addicts themselves.

The program of the Ontario Addiction Research Foundation illustrates one approach.

Recent research has shown that workaholism is one of the more socially accepted addictions.

After Cyndy learned of the condition, which causes parts of the brain to slowly die, she began researching some of the symptoms, and suddenly, Grant's plunge into addiction following his retirement at age 32 started to make sense.

The spokeswoman added that the storyline was researched thoroughly with the help of Addaction - a British charity that supports people with alcohol and drug addictions.

We can also show you research that says in states where medical cannabis is legal, opioid overdose deaths and addiction treatment admissions have fallen, providing a glimmer of hope to perhaps solving an American epidemic.

Through education, support, advocacy and research, API's principal goal is to heighten global awareness of the profound significance of secure attachment — not only to invest in our children's bright futures, but to reduce and ultimately prevent emotional and physical mistreatment of children, addiction, crime, behavioral disorders, mental illness and other outcomes of early unhealthy attachment.

Have you ever heard of any actual medical research studies that link pacifier use in babies under 3 to drug addiction later in life?

Through education, support, advocacy and research, API's principal goal is to heighten global awareness of the profound significance of secure attachment - not only to reduce and ultimately prevent emotional and physical mistreatment of children, addiction, crime, behavioral disorders, mental illness, and other outcomes of early unhealthy attachment, but to invest in our children's bright futures.

Tough presents striking research from neuroendocrinology and other fields revealing that childhood psychological traumas — from physical and sexual abuse to physical and emotional neglect, divorce, parental incarceration, and addiction, things found more often (though by no means exclusively) in impoverished families — overwhelm developing bodies» and minds» ability to manage the stress of events, resulting in «all kinds of serious and long - lasting negative effects, physical, psychological, and neurological.»

Bullying has reached epidemic proportions and, according to at least forty years of psychological, psychiatric, sport, and neuroscientific research, is directly correlated with addiction, low self - esteem, depression, failure to reach potential, self - harm, athletes quitting sports, eating disorders, chronic illness and suicide.

Michel Odent, in his review of research on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from theresearch on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from theResearch by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from the mother.

Both the new research findings and the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth are fascinating and of great significance in all our lives.

Is it considered an addiction if I now spend most of my computer time researching cloth diapers?

A study commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America — the trade organization representing the drug industry — warns that Cuomo's plan will drive up health care costs, harm New York consumers and could worsen the addiction crisis.

«Many types of important research could potentially be affected by the bill, particularly in the field of neuroscience, where substances with psychoactive properties are important tools in helping scientists to understand a variety of phenomena, including consciousness, memory, addiction and mental illness,» the letter reads.

The use of alcohol is often believed to be linked to college sexual assaults, but a study issued by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions reveals new findings.

One of the problems facing the council is the «woefully inadequate» investment in drug addiction research in the UK, something the MPs warn must be immediately addressed.

But research shows that new casinos do not so much alter gamblers» destinations as create new gamblers and more gambling, with all the attendant problems of debt, addiction and crime.

Randolph Nesse and Kent Berridge, psychiatric investigators with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, reported in Science that medicine may never win the war against drug addiction because «it is rooted in the fundamental design of the human nervous system.»

From her research, she concludes that the idea of a general «addictive personality» is a myth and that addiction is essentially a kind of coping mechanism gone awry.

Animals in the research setting may not mimic the full complexity of human addiction.

Mays explained that although indoor tanning is becoming less common overall in the United States, research indicates that it can be a problematic behavior for some young women similar to other forms of addiction.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is pursuing a mix of approaches that include developing non-opioid pain medicines, conducting research on vaccines that may blunt the impact of fentanyl and its related offshoots, getting public health organizations to increase the availability and use of medications already available to treat opioid addiction and getting medications such as buprenorphine and naloxone, which suppress withdrawal symptoms and ease cravings, into the hands emergency room doctors dealing with patients with opioid addictions.

China is considered by many to be both an epicenter of Internet addiction and a leader in research of the problem.

As another crucial part of the new study on Internet addiction, the research team zeroed in on tissue deep in the brain called white matter, which links together its various regions.

«Tobacco use in 1997 is not just some bad habit, but a powerful addiction that warrants appropriate medical treatment,» says Michael Fiore, M.D., director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

As part of a collaborative effort, clinical researchers Rebecca Ashare, PhD, an assistant professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, and Robert Schnoll, PhD, an associate professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction, are studying the effects of metformin on smokers to see if it attenuates negative mood and cognitive deficits during withdrawal — symptoms known to be associated with the ability to quit.