Using drugs changes a person's brain structure and functioning, particularly in areas involved in reward, stress, and self-control. These alterations make it harder for people to stop using substances ...
A drug holiday is defined as the conscious decision to stop using a regularly prescribed medication for some time. Also known as a "medication vacation," drug holidays have been prescribed for a wide ...
Drug screening is the process by which potential drugs are identified and optimized before selection of a candidate drug to progress to clinical trials. It can involve screening large libraries of ...
You might just know someone, close or distant, who has struggled with drug addiction at one point in time. It could be a distant relative or someone you went to school with, but the sheer probability ...
Drug delivery describes the method and approach to delivering drugs or pharmaceuticals and other xenobiotics to their site of action within an organism, with the goal of achieving a therapeutic ...
Too much of anything can be bad, and the consequence of too much of drugs is something we are all familiar with. Not all of us have tried these drugs, but cinema has shown us the most graphic and ...
We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Inspired by the jets of water that squids use to propel themselves through the ocean, a team developed an ingestible capsule that releases a burst of drugs directly into the ...
Consisting of five separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2021 provides an in-depth analysis of the global drug markets and paints a comprehensive picture of the measurable effects and potential ...
The principles to inform the island's future drug policy follows an independent review. The report says 5,647 people are opiate and/or crack users, which is below the national average. The venues ...
President-elect Donald Trump has encouraged him to “go wild on health” but has not made clear what role Mr. Kennedy will play. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Rebecca Davis O’Brien Sheryl Gay ...