Drug Abuse: A Family Matter? – A Lecture by Glen Hanson, PhD, DDS
Drug Abuse: A Family Matter? – A Lecture by Glen Hanson, PhD, DDS – The Silverstein Lecture series is hosted by Northwestern University’s Center for Genetic Medicine twice annually to bring advances in genetic medicine to the public. The fall 2011 lecture series, held on October 26, 2011, featured Glen Hanson, PhD, DDS Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Utah.
Plan aims to curb prescription drug abuse
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Addiction to prescription opiates, which include oxycodone and Vicodin, often lead users to the streets for heroin, which is also an opiate, but cheaper and easier to obtain. Law enforcement and justice system leaders have linked the rising numbers in …
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St Jude Retreats Interviews Addiction Researcher About Prescription Drug Use
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The interview covered society's obsession with prescription drugs, treatment and rehab methods for addiction and the role doctors play in the mix. Additionally, results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health were released by the Substance …
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UF tackling our addictions to food
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As the relationships between drug abuse, addiction and weight gain became clearer, Gold said, his team sought to understand the relationships and how to develop novel treatments to help people with addictions. Gold recently presented a new approach to …
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