Cocaine craving clue identified
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Scientists say they understand more about what happens in the brains of former drug addicts when they crave cocaine.
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NEW YORK  - The epilepsy drug vigabatrin  appears to be safe for the treatment of cocaine or  methamphetamine dependence, new study results suggest.
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People who find it difficult to clear nicotine from their body may be more vulnerable to getting hooked on smoking.
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For those who have wondered why they like or dislike certain things, or how they decide what to order from a menu, a team of researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder says it&#39;s dopamine.
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The same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think about drugs, a finding that suggests overeating and addiction may be linked, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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A drug that blocks a cellular pathway involved in cravings could help people quit smoking and lose weight. That&#39;s the promise of experts who announced the results of a trial at the European Society of Cardiology&#39;s
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Scientists show the same areas of the brain involved in drug addiction control appetite.
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Researchers have discovered why scratching an itch may be so addictive.
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A single molecule may be partly to blame for nicotine&#39;s addictive allure, a finding that researchers say could lead to potential therapies to help millions of smokers quit a life-threatening habit.
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When test subjects are told they are drinking Coke, their brain activity increases, scientists report. Scientists say they can tell a Coke drinker from a Pepsi aficionado by reviewing brain scans.
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It is always slightly amusing when journalists compose self-righteous articles on the evils of cocaine abuse. To put it no higher, the media do not exactly comprise a drug-free zone.
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HOUSTON -- Two Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston are working on a cocaine vaccine they hope will become the first-ever medication to treat people hooked on the drug. "For people who have a desire to stop using, the vaccine should be very useful," said Dr. Tom Kosten, a psychiatry...
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A vaccine now in clinical trials gets the body's immune system to attack cocaine when it's introduced, thereby killing the desire for it, say researchers who believe they have found a cure for the addiction.
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A combination of a sweet tooth and novelty seeking may predict alcoholism, suggests a study in the September issue of Alcoholism: Clinical &amp; Experimental Research.
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Alcohol, nicotine and cocaine are a few of the substances known to be addictive. Now some scientists wonder whether food should be added to the list.
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WASHINGTON -- If that craving for chocolate sometimes feels like it is coming from deep in your gut, that's because maybe it is.
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Â· We were tricked, London pair tell Channel 4 Â· Teenagers allegedly found with cocaine in laptops