by Valiant | Oct 20, 2014 | Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, medical studies
The Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will be funding the awards. According to the Director of NIDA Dr. Nora D. Volkow “These...
by Valiant | Oct 17, 2014 | Addiction treatment, medical studies, mental illness and disorders
Depression, addiction, and other mental illnesses and mental health issues all involve the same brain pathways, and recent research has shown that these pathways involve unique cell interactions. In the past most researchers believed that the nerve cells involved in...
by Valiant | Aug 11, 2014 | Addiction treatment, marijuana use, medical studies
According to the American Psychological Association regular or frequent marijuana use can negatively affect teen brain function. During the 122nd Annual Convention for the association many psychologists talked about the health issues that have come up since marijuana...
by Valiant | Aug 8, 2014 | Drug abuse, marijuana use, medical studies
A new research study performed by NIDA shows that regular marijuana use may cause impairment in the reward centers of the brain, affecting the dopamine response that the brain has. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter which is involved in pleasure, and it is released by the...
by Valiant | Aug 4, 2014 | Addiction treatment, eating disorders, medical studies
Kelly Klump, a psychology professor at MSU, is using rats and frosting to try and identify genes which are responsible for binge eating in the hopes of finding an effective eating disorder treatment for this condition. For far too long, people have thought that...
by Valiant | Jul 14, 2014 | medical studies, mental illness and disorders
If you have ever gone for an extended period without sleep you know how exhausted you can feel. A new study shows that going without any shut eye for as little as 24 hours can cause symptoms that are similar to schizophrenia to appear in people who have no other signs...
