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How addict Jesus survived South Africa’s drug epidemic
A heroin-based drug cocktail called nyaope, or whoonga, is destroying young lives in South African townships. BBC Africa Eye crime reporter Golden Mtika finds an old family...
What a breakthrough e-cigarette study illustrates about addiction
The first large, systematic study of whether e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking was published on 30 January in the New England Journal of Medicine,...
Vicious cycle of pain and substance abuse
Pain and substance use interact in a vicious cycle that can ultimately worsen and maintain both chronic pain and addiction, according to a research...
Women's hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse rates
Women’s hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a...
Teen vaping is bad, but the alternative is worse
US Food and Drug Administration efforts to reduce teen vaping will likely result in worse health outcomes by prompting teens to switch to smoking cigarettes, argues...
New data suggests nicotine while pregnant alters genes
The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston reveals in the journal Nature Scientific Reports that a possible cure for addiction may be found by...
What is love addiction (aka pathological love)?
Love is in the air. We are only a few days away from Valentine’s Day. I love love. And I love seeing people in love....
Marijuana edibles a major risk to patients with cardiovascular disease
As marijuana legalization sweeps North America, use of the substance has been on the rise, and the public's attitude is shifting. Many believe that...
Teens who use e-cigarettes more apt to start smoking, study says
Two new studies of e-cigarettes may bolster US government efforts to stem what it calls a growing epidemic of youth vaping, writes Anna Edney for Bloomberg....
Study shows e-cigarettes boost likelihood of stroke and heart attack
E-cigarettes don’t produce the same mix of toxic chemicals as conventional cigarettes, but US research shows that the battery-powered devices are far from harmless...