News tagged with heroin addiction

Scientists create vaccine against heroin high

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a highly successful vaccine against a heroin high and have proven its therapeutic potential in animal models.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Vaccine blocks cocaine high in mice

Researchers have produced a lasting anti-cocaine immunity in mice by giving them a safe vaccine that combines bits of the common cold virus with a particle that mimics cocaine.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Longer-lasting options to treat drug addiction

(AP) -- New treatments for addiction to heroin or narcotic painkillers promise longer-lasting relief that may remove some day-to-day uncertainty of care: A once-a-month shot is now approved and a six-month implant is in ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why can't some people give up cocaine?

Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Girls growing up with heroin-addicted parent more resilient than boys

Growing up with a heroin-addicted parent exposes children to a variety of detrimental experiences before the age of 18 and new research indicates that girls are four times more resilient than boys in overcoming such adverse ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0