by University of Basel Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who drink more than three liters of fluid a day may be suffering from a rare hormone deficiency. For many, however, it is just a harmless habit. Failing to differentiate the two correctly can be fatal, so researchers have been investigating what kind of test delivers a...
by University of Michigan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Nearly half of people in a large U.S. study reported misusing prescription drugs between ages 18-50, which made them more likely to develop substance use disorder symptoms as adults––especially those whose misuse peaked later in life. The new study from University of Michigan School of Nursing researchers...
“One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy” Aristotle Important note: the purpose of the following article is to introduce and explain some concepts related to depression. It should NOT be treated as a diagnosis nor...
by NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse Dr. Madhukar Trivedi and staff of UT Southwestern Medical Center conduct lab research. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center A combination of two medications, injectable naltrexone and oral bupropion, was safe and effective in treating adults with moderate or severe methamphetamine use disorder in a double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial....
by Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The immune system: Knocked off balanceInstead of protecting us, the immune system can sometimes go awry, as in the case of autoimmune diseases and allergies. An LMU team has dissected how mast cells regulate their calcium levels to keep the immune response under control. Credit: IMCES UK Essen/LMU Instead...
Posted Today A new study has recently questioned the idea that pathological gaming – loosely defined as gaming at the expense of building and maintaining social relationships and other facets of daily life – is a discrete mental disorder caused by the distinctly addictive nature of video games themselves, and suggested a different model whereby...
Cambridge University scientists along with a team in Sweden led the study They found a way to target the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells Decades worth of scientific trials have so far failed to find a cure for Alzheimer’s An Alzheimer’s ‘world first’ breakthrough could target the cause of the disease and lead to a new generation of drugs that could be in...
