This Drug Could Make a Huge Dent in Heroin Addiction. So Why Isn't It Used More?
This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?
Opiate misuse is a huge problem. In 2010, more than 19,000 Americans died from opiate overdose. By comparison, about 11,000 Americans died from gun homicide. Over the past 35 years, about 200,000 injection-drug users have died of HIV/AIDS. Substitution …
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Addiction and the brain: how the immune system takes over
Everything you feel and think happens in your brain, so there must be a connection between the bug or the immune system and our brains… Bingo, that's it! Our immune system is constantly talking to our brain, … brain immune cells, might need a little …
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A foster kid's dilemma: When life as you know it ends at 18, then what …
She never really knew her father. But she loved a mother, who she said she now understands was trapped in a cycle of drugs, incarceration, recurring homelessness and abuse. … It was the best thing that could have happened. Away from familiar …
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