White adolescent boys experiencing early puberty are at higher risk for substance use than later developing boys, a new Purdue
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Freedom from fear: Dopamine’s role in unlearning fearful associations
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science have discovered a circuit in the brain that is necessary for unlearning
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Plaster which sticks inside the mouth will revolutionize treatment of oral conditions
A plaster which sticks to the inside of your mouth is revolutionising the treatment of painful recurring ulcers. Scientists from
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Religious involvement deters recreational and medical marijuana use, researchers find
Although marijuana use for medical and recreational purposes is at an all-time high in the United States, a team of
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New study sheds light on the opioid epidemic and challenges prevailing views about this public health crisis: Fatal drug overdoses in young non-Hispanic white adults accounted for 62 percent of mortality rate growth among midlife non-Hispanic whites in the US between 1999 and 2015, according to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine sheds new light on the sharp rise in fatal drug
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Medical marijuana could reduce opioid use in older adults: Study shows up to 65 percent of older adults who use medical marijuana significantly reduced their chronic pain and dependence on opioid painkillers
A questionnaire of older men and women suffering from chronic pain who were given medical marijuana found that the drug
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Easier way to predict how chemical compounds will interact
New research has revealed that simple, commercially available computer programmes could be used to design next generation drug-delivery systems by
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