49-Percent Rise In E…
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A new national study shows that from 2005 to 2009 (the most recent year with available figures) there was a 49-percent increase in emergency department visits for drug related suicide attempts by women aged 50 and older from 11,235 visits in 2005 to 16,757 in 2009. This increase…
Everyone?…
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Science is littered with shining new discoveries which became somewhat tarnished as accumulating data forced a reappraisal. In substance misuse, normative education retains some of its shine, but what seemed the great hope for school- and college-based prevention now seems a…
Drug Addiction Medit…
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Often, for people suffering with drug addiction meditation has never been a matter for contemplation. As soon as they experience any feelings of restlessness, anxiety or depression, they usually turn to their drug of choice to alter their state. Although the truth is that for many people…
Hallucinogens Legall…
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These products can spur self-destructive highs but are legal in most states, experts warn
An influx of highly hallucinogenic, potentially lethal but in most states fully legal drugs sold as bath salts has law enforcement and drug abuse experts very…
Your Brain is Beauti…
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Posted By Barry Ritholtz
In Science,Weekend |
From the NYT, these electron microscopy photos are strangely beautiful:
The last few decades have produced an explosion of new techniques for probing the blobby, unprepossessing brain in search of the thinking, feeling, suffering, scheming…
Bath SaltR…
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The patient is a 27-year-old stock exchange worker who presents to the ED with a complaint of anxiety, chest pain, sweating, palpitations and a feeling of paranoia and impending doom following the recreational ingestion of bath salts two hours prior at a company party.
His pulse…
Straight Up: How to …
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Mindfulness Meditation
What is Mindfulness Meditation?
Mindfulness is a type of meditation that essentially involves focusing on your mind on the present. To be mindful is to be aware of your thoughts and actions in the present, without judging yourself.
Research suggests…
Antioxidant May Prev…
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An antioxidant may prevent damage to the liver caused by excessive alcohol, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The findings, published online April 21, 2011, in the journal Hepatology, may point the way to treatments to reverse steatosis, or fatty deposits…
Eating Disorders and…
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MANOREXIA. Orthorexia. Diabulimia. Binge Eating Disorder.
By SARAH KERSHAW
All are dangerous variations on the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia, and have become buzzwords that are popping up on Web sites and blogs, on television and in newspaper articles. As celebrity magazines chronicle…
Alcohol Consumption …
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Stimulant drugs, which can increase energy and concentration, are widely abused by young adults. One such drug are amphetamines, which in addition to being widely accessible, has been shown in previous studies to have a significant relationship between its abuse and the amount of alcohol…