News tagged with withdrawal
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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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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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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Anti-social mice may reveal more about depression
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, UC Davis psychology researchers have been able to produce a "social withdrawal" syndrome in female rodents. The development could yield new insights into the physical basis ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Addicts helped by implanted devices: study
Persons addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers can get help kicking their habit by using an implanted device under the skin that delivers small doses of medication, researchers reported Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 12, 2010 |
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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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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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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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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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Disadvantaged youth more likely to be high-school dropouts, young parents and poor adults
Disadvantaged kids are more likely to drop out of high school, become premature parents and raise their own children in poverty, according to an exhaustive new study from researchers at Concordia University and the University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Most river flows across the US are altered by land and water management
The amount of water flowing in streams and rivers has been significantly altered in nearly 90 percent of waters that were assessed in a new nationwide USGS study. Flow alterations are a primary contributor to degraded river ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Drug that helps adults addicted to opioid drugs also relieves withdrawal symptoms in newborns
Thousands of infants each year have exposure to opioids before they are born. Over half of these infants are born with withdrawal symptoms severe enough to require opioid replacement treatment in the nursery. Such treatment ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 06, 2010 |
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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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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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'Hair of the dog' may help alcohol withdrawal symptoms but it also increases alcohol dependency
Drinking alcohol over a long period of time profoundly affects the brain, which adapts to the intoxicant and causes withdrawal symptoms when consumption stops.
May 05, 2010 |
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