News tagged with withdrawal
Your brain on -- and off -- caffeine
Ever miss your daily cup of coffee and subsequently get a pounding headache? According to reports from consumers of coffee and other caffeinated products, caffeine withdrawal is often characterized by a headache, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 01, 2009 |
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Geologists find parts of Northwest Houston sinking rapidly
A large section of northwestern Harris County - particularly the Jersey Village area - is sinking rapidly, according to a University of Houston (UH) geologist who has analyzed GPS data measuring ground elevation ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Traffic jam in brain causes schizophrenia symptoms
Schizophrenia waits silently until a seemingly normal child becomes a teenager or young adult. Then it swoops down and derails a young life.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Coffee consumption unrelated to alertness
(PhysOrg.com) -- The stimulatory effects of caffeine may be nothing more than an illusion according to new research, which shows there is no real benefit to be gained from the habitual morning cup of coffee.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Resilience factor low in depression, protects mice from stress
Scientists have discovered a mechanism that helps to explain resilience to stress, vulnerability to depression and how antidepressants work. The new findings, in the reward circuit of mouse and human brains, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 16, 2010 |
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Behavior problems in school linked to 2 types of families
Contrary to Leo Tolstoy's famous observation that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Alcohol withdrawal symptoms caused by molecules in the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Britain have discovered the molecular basis of some of the symptoms of hangover and alcohol withdrawal that appear as the body attempts to adapt to reduced levels of alcohol.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 12, 2010 |
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A new understanding of why seizures occur with alcohol withdrawal
Epileptic seizures are the most dramatic and prominent aspect of the "alcohol withdrawal syndrome" that occurs when a person abruptly stops a long-term or chronic drinking habit. Researchers have shown that the flow of calcium ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 17, 2009 |
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Easily led 'ash-tray': Adolescent smokers prone to drug abuse
It is common knowledge that smoking is a health risk but why do teens become addicted to smoking more easily than adults? In an evaluation for Faculty of 1000 Biology, Neil Grunberg looks into why adolescents are more prone ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Scientists identify drug to treat opioid addiction
Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that a commonly available non-addictive drug can prevent symptoms of withdrawal from opioids with little likelihood of serious side effects. The drug, ondansetron, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report
A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.
Nov 26, 2009 |
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Current coal seam gas approach not covering risks: Australian study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australia would greatly benefit from a "slow down and learn approach" to managing possible risks from coal seam gas extraction given the near impossible challenge of modelling its impacts, argues Professor ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Surprising second thoughts on the effectiveness of coitus interruptus
It is well-known that withdrawal doesn't really work. At least, that's the consensus from sex educators and locker-room sages.
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Brain mechanism linked to relapse after cocaine withdrawal
Addictive drugs are known to induce changes in the brain's reward circuits that may underlie drug craving and relapse after long periods of abstinence. Now, new research, published by Cell Press in the September 9 issue of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Social optimism during studies supports school-to-work transition
Students' social skills and behaviour in social situations during their university studies contribute to their success in the transition to work. The social strategies adopted during university studies also have an impact ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 28, 2011 |
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