July 20th, 2015
Can the Brain Prevent Alcoholism?
Scientists have been looking for cures for alcoholism for years, and it turns out, the answer may have been right in front of them the whole entire time. While studying the brain, scientists at UNC have discovered that there is a naturally occurring brain protein that basically halts a person ...
January 15th, 2014
Migraines: Placebos vs Prescription Drugs
A study published recently by the Science Translational Medicine periodical concluded that the information provided with migraine drugs is exceptionally likely to affect the drug’s effectiveness. This isn’t to say that a placebo is more effective than an actual prescription-quality ...
December 18th, 2013
Drinking Water Contaminated with Drugs
Suffering from high blood pressure? Instead of spending money on a drug prescription, you might want to consider drinking more tap water. New results from an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study on 50 major U.S. metropolitan water treatment plants indicates that our tap water is anything ...
December 10th, 2013
Mom Turns to Medical Marijuana to Treat Son’s Epilepsy
In a recent Huffington Post interview, a mother of an epileptic boy, Zaki, reports that a unique strain of medical marijuana known as “Charlotte’s Web,” sent her son’s severe symptoms of epilepsy almost directly into remission. Zaki’s mother, Heather Jackson, explained in the interview that her ...
November 20th, 2013
Research Sheds Light on Cocaine Addiction & DNA
Thanks to the concerted efforts by the University of Pennsylvania researchers and rats, more progress has been made in understanding addiction — specifically, cocaine addiction and its genetic effects on the brain across generations. In a study led by Mathieu Wimmer, PhD, the male ...
August 8th, 2013
Gupta Goes Green, Changes View On Marijuana
CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has made a full 180-degree turn regarding his stance on marijuana. After a year spent researching for the documentary Weed, Dr. Gupta discovered that there actually are medical benefits to marijuana, a fact that goes against the classification ...
July 31st, 2013
Mummified Inca Children Reveal Dark, Drug-Filled Secrets
In 1999, archaeologists made a startling discovery. On the summit of Llullaillaco, a volcano in Argentina, three young mummies were discovered within a shrine more than 20,000 feet above sea level. Half a millennia later, scientists discover that the “world’s most-well preserved” mummies were ...
July 18th, 2013
Epilepsy Drug Shown to Reduce Cocaine Dependence, Penn Study Reports
Research completed in late June by a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania shows a prospective new use for the drug topiramate, an anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy.
July 3rd, 2013
Forget Alcohol
How easy would it be to move forward in life if we could erase harmful memories that constantly hold us back? A group of researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco are in the process of creating a drug that will help erase memories that influence a person to ...
July 2nd, 2013
Fatal Overdoses From Prescription Painkillers Dramatically Increase Among Women
Every year, prescription painkillers take the lives of nearly 15,000 people — more than heroin and car accidents combined. While the number of overdose deaths from painkillers has skyrocketed over the past decade, a new federal report released Tuesday reveals that women may be more at ...
June 18th, 2013
Missing Enzyme Linked to Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction rates continue to skyrocket across the entire nation, forcing researchers to focus more attention on the substance’s chemical effects on the brain in regards to its heavily addictive nature. An animal study released at the Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting in San ...
April 30th, 2013
Scientific Breakthrough Gives Hope to HIV Cure
Scientists in Denmark proceed with human clinical trials based on groundbreaking research in an attempt to find a cure for HIV. The trials, which are taking place at Aarhus University Hospital, will test a radical technique of stripping the HIV virus from human DNA and then permanently ...
April 18th, 2013
Life on the Pharm: Antibiotic Abuse Leads to Disconcerting Data at the Market
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) has discovered shocking rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in meats found in supermarkets across the US. In 2011, federal researchers tested 480 samples each of ground beef, ground turkey, pork chops, and chicken breasts, wings ...
April 12th, 2013
Harm Reduction: A New Cure For Alcoholism?
In a recent study published in Biological Psychiatry, a potential new treatment for alcoholism called nalmefene was found to be effective and safe for reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent individuals. Unlike most addiction treatments, the goal of nalmefene is not total abstinence, ...
April 5th, 2013
Rethinking the “Three Strikes” Rule
It’s easy for Americans to sit in our moral high chairs and shake our heads at news of human rights violations in far-off lands like North Korea and Libya, but what about the historical injustice currently being perpetrated on US soil? Five percent of the world’s population lives in the United ...
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