Endorphins: The Brain’s Natural Morphine


 

Endorphins: The Brain’s Natural Morphine – Provides diagrammatic action graphics of neural networks, synaptic junctions, and neurotransmitter sites. Also touches on topics of consciousness, drug addiction, withdrawal symptoms, and nerve functioning.

 

Column by Eva Abreu: Hurricane Sandy, social media withdrawal

Filed under: addiction withdrawal symptoms

With the reliance upon electronic devices and social-media in our everyday lives, the impact of losing power in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, dubbed the “storm of the century,” was enough to trigger addiction-like withdrawal symptoms in many of us.
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More and more babies are being born with addictions

Filed under: addiction withdrawal symptoms

With gradually decreasing doses of morphine, the medical staff at John Peter Smith Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit worked to lessen the baby's withdrawal symptoms and wean him off the narcotic prescription drug. "He started having symptoms …
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