Category: Addiction Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The holidays are a time when we gather with family and friends to decorate the house, exchange gifts and enjoy special foods and drinks that help to define the season.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Middle-aged and older adults who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual have higher rates of using certain substances in the past year than those who identify as heterosexual

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Routine screening for risky alcohol use in general practice can identify people who may benefit from simple interventions to reduce consumption.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Irvine, CA – A new study explains how cocaine modifies functions in the brain revealing a potential target for therapies aimed at treating cocaine addiction.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Almost everyone is aware of how drastically alcohol addiction can change their lives. It not only affects the addicts physically and mentally but also socially.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – After a yearlong study of people with opioid dependence, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report evidence that adding $8 an hour to their paychecks may help those in recovery stay drug free longer….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Cocaine is like a roller coaster in powder form. First, there is the intense rush of euphoria, excitement, and invincibility. Then, almost as quickly, there is the crash into depression, edginess and cravings for more.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – February 17, 2020 — People with alcohol use disorder know that when it comes to immediate satisfaction, nothing works quicker than liquor.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A growing number of young adults are dealing with a substance use disorder in some cases, multiple substance use disorders and not seeking help

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Drug addiction is a vicious cycle of reward and withdrawal. Chronic users often relapse because of the unpleasant physical and psychological symptoms they experience when they stop taking the drug.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Great Neck, NY, October 14, 2019 – A chiropractic college and a long-established outpatient addiction treatment program have entered a unique partnership to offer spinal adjustments for reducing pain….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In a report published today, researchers in neuroscience, addiction and behavioral health laid out the latest research into what makes individuals vulnerable to substance abuse and dependency….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn. — Though research shows that medication-assisted treatment can help people who are addicted to opioids, the three drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Cocaine is an incredibly powerful, addictive central nervous system stimulant that’s often sold in powdered or crystalline formats.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC.  While opioid addiction and abuse continues to figure as the most serious public health emergency in the U.S., academic research is increasingly able to identify some of its causes.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most US adults—including 8 in 10 cigarette smokers—favor requiring cigarette makers to lower nicotine levels in cigarettes so that they are less addictive

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Addictive behavior can be detrimental to people in all sorts of ways. It can negatively affect job and work performance. It can tear relationships with significant others and family members apart.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the brains of newborn mice, increasing their preference for the drug in later adulthood….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In 2017, over 19 million Americans battled with substance abuse. The country is now battling a full-scale opioid crisis and epidemics in illegal drugs usage.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Today, more than 130 people die each day from an opioid overdose. This includes everything from heroin to prescription pain killers.