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- Chinese Find Way to "Deprogram" Addicts from Relapsing through Environmental Cues
- Anti-smoking Drug Shows Promise in Alcohol and Cocaine Treatments
People using Chantix to quit smoking noticed that the drug not only decreased their pleasure from cigarettes, it also made them enjoy alcohol less. more...
- Domestic Violence, Addiction, and Trauma: Breaking the Cycle
Children see and hear the whole cycle: the loss of self-control when drinking or using, and the loss of self-control when tempers flare. Many abusers and victims report growing up in households like this. How can we break the cycle, even if it is what is familiar? more...
- New Insight Into How Genes and Environment Affect Brain Behavior
Scientists are excited over the new phenomenon known as epigenetics, according to a recent online medical article. Their research has examined how our environmental factors can be transferred from one generation to the next one. This exciting new knowledge could eventually improve the understanding of such things as our brain plasticity, cognitive benefits of becoming a mother and how our parent's exposure to alcohol, drugs and stress alters our brain development and behavior. more...
- Addiction Treatment Centers May Want to Re-Think Smoking Bans
Study finds that more patients left treatment early after a no-smoking policy was implemented. more...
