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According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation conducted by experts at the University of Cambridge, it would appear that chronic cocaine users experience an accelerated rate of brain aging. The scientists say that this component of the human aging process, which occurs naturally, takes place a lot f... |
24 April 2012
08:06 GMT |
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Investigators in the United States have determined how repeated exposure to cocaine leads to an impaired sense of reward in the human brain. This mechanism culminates in reducing the feelings of reward or pleasure from all other activities except cocaine use.
What scientists found was that the drug influences a spe... |
23 April 2012
08:21 GMT |
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Researchers have determined in a new study that regions where more cocaine and marijuana are consumed tend to reveal higher concentrations of these drugs in the air. Their presence is measurable in samples collected at street level.
The more people in an area consume these drugs, the higher the residual concentrati... |
16 December 2011
05:01 GMT |
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Columbia University researchers discovered that using nicotine is a gateway for people who ultimately pass to using stronger drugs, such as cocaine. In their latest study – which was carried out on mice – the group studied the biological mechanism underlying this connection.
What researchers discovered w... |
7 November 2011
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A new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistic indicates that more people lose their lives every year as a result of prescription painkiller overdoses than they do on account of heroin and cocaine use combined. Over the past 10 years alone, the number of deaths resulting from overconsumption of p... |
2 November 2011
12:51 GMT |
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According to investigators at the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom, it would appear that the neurotransmitter dopamine can be used efficiently in addressing cocaine and amphetamine addicts. Early tests have provided the team with excellent results.
If the ideas floated by the research team pan out, ... |
6 October 2011
10:46 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study, it would appear that a common form of medication can be used to successfully help patients who want to quit cocaine. The investigation was only carried out on lab animals, but scientists believe they could devise a way of applying it to humans as well. The work was carried... |
18 July 2011
08:57 GMT |
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Officials at NASA announce that the organization is again conducting a federal investigation on its Florida facility, after a small bag containing powdery cocaine was discovered at the spaceport.
According to early reports, field tests conducted on the white substance when it was discovered indicated that it was ... |
16 March 2011
03:25 GMT |
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A team of investigators from the Scripps Research Institute (SRI) and other organizations managed to create an immunity-like effect against cocaine in mice, rising hopes of developing new treatments and cures against human additions. The substance could be used as a guarantee that former addicts stay off the stuff. T... |
5 January 2011
10:56 GMT |
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A new study carried out by the Stanford University School of Medicine found that passionate love provides the same effective pain relief as painkillers or illegal drugs like cocaine.Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Pain Management, associate professor of anesthesia and senior author of the study says th... |
14 October 2010
08:30 GMT |
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According to experts, a novel instrument that can detect whether a person has consumed cannabis or cocaine may be made available to police officers and concerned moms around the world within 2 years. The disposable test would be very cheap and affordable, with initial cost estimates placing it at as little as $2. It ... |
22 September 2010
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A series of recent animal studies has demonstrated that using memory-boosting drugs and behavioral therapy on former drug users may help suppress the return of cocaine-associated 'cues.' This means that patients in rehab clinics could find it easier to avoid relapsing into their old ways as soon as they get... |
4 August 2010
06:29 GMT |
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Intoxication with cocaine is the reason why more than 500,000 emergency room visits take place every single year, in the United States alone. The drug is extremely toxic, and the body can only work so fast in breaking it down and eliminating it. Overdoses therefore occur at a frightening rate, and yet the US Food and... |
26 April 2010
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On Tuesday, a NASA worker discovered a small bag of a white powdery stuff near a bathroom at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. On-site analysis and later tests confirmed the substance was cocaine. What makes this discovery very worrying is the fact that the small amount of the drug was disco... |
15 January 2010
03:44 GMT |
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Experts at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announce that they recently determined a new mechanism underlying severe cocaine addiction. The key epigenetic mechanism works inside the human brain, promoting cocaine's addictiveness, and making it one of the most... |
8 January 2010
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Cocaine is one of the most potent and addictive drugs in the world. Once people fall in its hands, they can be made to stop only after intensive rehab and with great difficulty. Most of the times, former users end up as wrecks of their old selves, and need years to get their life back in order. But now, experts disco... |
4 January 2010
11:03 GMT |
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According to scientists who performed a new set of experiments on unsuspecting mice, it may be that the large number of police jail deaths that took place about a decade ago were caused by the use of pepper sprays on people intoxicated with psychoactive drugs. The investigation raises new questions on the use of the ... |
13 November 2009
09:02 GMT |
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Although it may seem unbelievable, the largest and most comprehensive study of money in the United States to date has revealed that more than 90 percent of all bills in circulation today have trace amounts of cocaine on them. Large cities such as Baltimore, New York, Boston, and Detroit are particularly affected, but... |
17 August 2009
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Growing up in a disorganized family is no easy task, as most kids coming from such environments could tell you. But being raised in a home where one or both parents are addicted to cocaine is infinitely worse, scientists say, who have just recently concluded a study on the long-term effects of exposure to such experi... |
12 February 2009
08:49 GMT |
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New scientific studies bring about a new wave of concern about the safety of commonly-used drugs, as it seems that, oftentimes, their effect on the brain is not fully understood. For example, a recent investigation shows that Ritalin, a drug prescribed millions of times per year in the United States alone for the tre... |
6 February 2009
06:50 GMT |
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Teens may become hooked on cocaine and, once rehabilitated, relapse more rapidly than adults because their developing brains are more sensitive to drug-related cues. At least in the case of rats, this holds true. A new study carried out at McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric facility at Harvard Medical School, a... |
22 April 2008
05:24 GMT |
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It's clear that exposing an unborn child to drugs, alcohol and tobacco affects its brain development. This is supported by too many researches. In these cases, mothers don't limit themselves to one substance, and other factors like poverty can affect brain development as well.A new research published in the... |
14 April 2008
03:48 GMT |
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Social stress induced by lower rank may be the factor that leads humans to drug consumption. At least, this is the case in monkeys, as revealed by a new research made at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and presented at Experimental Biology 2008 in San Diego. Dominant monkeys facing the same stress amount ha... |
7 April 2008
04:52 GMT |
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There is a large array of studies focusing on how cocaine impacts the brain creating addiction. The main investigated mechanism has been the effect of cocaine on dopamine (the feel good or reward hormone) and dopamine transporters, proteins that reabsorb this neurotransmitter once it has sent its signal. Cocaine is k... |
25 February 2008
03:25 GMT |
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Cocaine is deadlier than many viruses. And it surely destroys more lives. So, why not a vaccine against it? This is the aim of a couple of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston: the first-ever medication against cocaine addiction. "For people who have a desire to stop using, the vaccine should be very... |
3 January 2008
02:42 GMT |
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Just hours after giving a clean performance at the MTV European Music Awards in Germany, a shocking footage has emerged depicting the Babyshambles front man Pete Doherty back at his home in Wiltshire injecting himself with cocaine. The video in question is shot on a mobile phone and lasts 1min 14secs (you can watch ... |
6 November 2007
03:51 GMT |
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In the end, their neurons function on the same basis as ours and squirrels are getting hooked on crack cocaine in London, hidden by addicts and dealers in gardens. The rodents are digging up the stashes and eat the powerful drug, which comes in small chunks, neglecting their traditional nut diet. Several squirrels be... |
8 September 2007
05:37 GMT |
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Craving for sugar seems to be a much more serious problem than you thought. If you believe that craving for cocaine in the case of addiction to this drug is terribly difficult to bear, you'd better find out the result of a research team at the University of Bordeaux in France. "[W]hen rats were allowed to choose... |
3 August 2007
14:06 GMT |
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The drive of getting over your opponents is as old as humankind. Power, a higher rank in the hierarchy, is strongly motivating the human males. "Whether it is in combat, business, sports, or even marriage, trying to gain an advantage is a no-brainer. It is an innate human trait," said Charles Yesalis, an expert on pe... |
23 June 2007
04:34 GMT |
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Drugs are even more deadly than viruses. So, why not a vaccine against them? That's what a team at Baylor College of Medicine, Canada, has developed: two novel vaccines designed to fight cocaine and methamphetamine dependencies. The new vaccines not only relieve addiction but also decrease withdrawal symptoms. T... |
22 June 2007
07:04 GMT |
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Cocaine and making children do not combine. It's clear that maternal drug can induce lasting effects on children. A new research reveals that young schoolchildren of cocaine-using mothers performed more poorly on attention tests. The investigation was made on 415 African-American children when aged 5 or 7 (now 1... |
12 June 2007
03:22 GMT |
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Besides being the smallest birds in the world (a Jamaican species, Mellisuga minima, is 6 cm (2.3 inch) long and weighs 2g), hummingbirds have also other peculiar characteristics, like the hovering ability, being the only birds species in the world able to move their wings equally forth and back. Now, to the about 40... |
15 May 2007
09:55 GMT |
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You can easily add this to your own personal list of the most stupid things you ever heard of. Or read. But, as it happens, this doesn't make it less true: the guitarist from Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, the man who simply defied all common sense by still being alive (this is not meant as an insult and he, ou... |
4 April 2007
08:45 GMT |
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It is crystal clear: drugs blow away your mind! Literally. A new research at UT Southwestern Medical Center reveals that higher rates of amphetamine and cocaine useD by young adults increase significantly their risk of stroke, with amphetamine linked to a greater danger. The research focused on over 8,300 stroke pati... |
3 April 2007
09:43 GMT |
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Coca is a bush growing naturally in northern Andes and indigenous people in the area have been chewing coca leaves as a mild stimulant for centuries. Coca tea is commonly served in its native region as a coffee surrogate. But the small fresh green leaves, collected in the fashion of green tea, are also manufactured i... |
7 March 2007
09:42 GMT |
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Genes dictates everything in you: from height, eye and hair color to the way you smile or grin. And not only. A recent research made on rats by a team at Cambridge University points that physical differences in the brain dictated by genes may rise the chances of an individual to fall to drugs consume. Variations in t... |
3 March 2007
07:13 GMT |
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