Brain Scans Show We Take Risks Because We Can't Stop Ourselves
Brain scans show we take risks because we can't stop ourselves
A new study correlating brain activity with how people make decisions suggests that when individuals engage in risky behavior, such as drunk driving or unsafe sex, it’s probably not because their brains’ desire systems are too active, but because their self-control systems are not active enough. This might have implications for how health experts treat mental illness and addiction or how the …
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Carolyn Hax: The need to stop enabling a troubled, abusive ex
A man who broke up with his troubled girlfriend and moved away is still enabling her unhealthy behavior.
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Tragic Death of Philip Seymour Hoffman Offers a Teachable Moment about Myths and Facts of Heroin Addiction, Says …
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — It's tempting to think of the premature death of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman as extraordinary – the culmination of bad luck, a profession tolerant of excesses and the pressures of a world-famous actor. Not so, says A. R. Mohammad, M.D., a nationally recognized addiction expert, a board-certified psychiatrist and an associate professor at …
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FDA Launches Campaign to Stop Youth From Smoking
The Food and Drug Administration will start their first tobacco prevention campaign targeted at adolescents. “The Real Cost” addresses the more than 10 million 12 to 17-year-olds who have already began smoking or may pick up the habit soon and are in danger of becoming life-long addicts, the FDA said in a statement on Monday. Advertisements will start running across the country on Feb. 11. “The …
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