Drugs & Addiction : Physiological Causes of Drug Addiction
Drugs & Addiction : Physiological Causes of Drug Addiction – Drug addiction affects every physiological aspect of the body, as every organ experiences the toxicity associated with high consumption of the drug. Understand the physiological changes that take place simultaneous to drug addiction with information from a licensed mental health counselor in this free video on drug abuse.
Worcester City Council discusses opiate abuse prevention
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Dr. Michael P. Hirsh, the city's acting commissioner of public health, noted that this week's rollout of the comprehensive community health plan will bring together community partners to try to tackle some of the root causes of drug abuse. The …
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Bright Spot for Drug Addiction
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The most notable positive outcome is the falling number of drug addicts in the last decade. Then number of young people seeking treatment for heroin and crack cocaine are also down. This, combined with a falling number of injection drug users means the …
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UCSF Researchers Collaborate to Translate Discoveries into New Solutions for …
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In another parasite study, James McKerrow, MD, PhD, and his UCSF and UCSD collaborators found that an inexpensive arthritis drug kills parasites that cause dysentery. McKerrow and colleagues have planned clinical trials to use the drug to target these …
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