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New set of research priorities identified to support tobacco control

A new set of research priorities to support tobacco control will help ensure future research provides the greatest benefit to public health and value for money, according to an international group led by Oxford University researchers.

8 Sep 2017

Duke neuroscientists pinpoint one powerful cell that serves as ‘master controller’ of habits

Some habits are helpful, such as automatically washing your hands before a meal or driving the same route to work every day. They accomplish an important task while freeing up valuable brain space.

7 Sep 2017

Collaborative care model can expand access to treatment for opioid or alcohol addiction

Combining substance abuse treatment with regular medical care can successfully treat people with opioid or alcohol addiction, providing an option that might expand treatment and lower the cost of caring for people caught up in the nation's opioid epidemic, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

6 Sep 2017

Better understanding of serotonin's function in the brain could lead to radical shift in psychiatric care

A better understanding of how a key chemical messenger acts in the brain could lead to a radical shift in psychiatric care, according to a new research paper.

4 Sep 2017

Long-term alcohol use changes brain functions differently in young men and women

Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these changes are significantly different in men and women.

4 Sep 2017

More than half of the public think non-smokers should get regular fresh-air breaks at work

According to a recent survey conducted by Flavour Boss, they had found 80% of people don’t think it’s fair that smokers get breaks but non-smokers don’t whilst 58% of people think that non-smokers should get regular fresh-air breaks at work.

31 Aug 2017

APSAD members oppose Federal Government’s planned drug testing trial for welfare payment recipients

Doctors from the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) strongly oppose the Federal Government’s Welfare Reform Bill and its planned drug testing ‘trial’ for welfare recipients.

31 Aug 2017

Millennials regret opioid use, prefer lifestyle changes to manage pain

Often spending their days hunched over phones, tablets or computers and their free time at spin class or playing sports, millennials are the next generation poised to experience chronic pain. Even at their young age, millennials say acute and chronic pain are already interfering with their quality of life.

30 Aug 2017

Researchers use biochemical validation to verify claims of smoking cessation

According to a recent study led by The University of Kansas Cancer Center researchers, a high proportion of smokers enrolled in bedside tobacco cessation programs who said they had quit were misreporting their smoking status.

29 Aug 2017

Finnish researchers reveal how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system

Finnish researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety.

28 Aug 2017

Researchers use zebrafish animal model to explore drug-seeking behavior

As the opioid crisis escalates, the science behind addiction remains poorly understood. To address this need, researchers at University of Utah Health devised a system that allowed zebrafish, a small tropical fish, to self-administer doses of hydrocodone, an opioid commonly prescribed to people for pain.

26 Aug 2017

Reducing nicotine content in cigarettes may help decrease addiction, research suggests

The FDA is right - when it comes to disease culprits, cigarette smoking tops the list. While recognized as the number-one cause of preventable disease and death, it's an incredibly tough habit to break due to the addictiveness of nicotine.

23 Aug 2017

Antipsychotics commonly prescribed to adults with IDD, study finds

Antipsychotic medication is frequently being prescribed to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), often without a psychiatric diagnosis, a new study conducted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences has found.

23 Aug 2017

Addiction News and Research

New set of research priorities identified to support tobacco control

Duke neuroscientists pinpoint one powerful cell that serves as ‘master controller’ of habits

Collaborative care model can expand access to treatment for opioid or alcohol addiction

Better understanding of serotonin's function in the brain could lead to radical shift in psychiatric care

Long-term alcohol use changes brain functions differently in young men and women

More than half of the public think non-smokers should get regular fresh-air breaks at work

APSAD members oppose Federal Government’s planned drug testing trial for welfare payment recipients

Millennials regret opioid use, prefer lifestyle changes to manage pain

Researchers use biochemical validation to verify claims of smoking cessation

Finnish researchers reveal how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system

Researchers use zebrafish animal model to explore drug-seeking behavior

Reducing nicotine content in cigarettes may help decrease addiction, research suggests

Antipsychotics commonly prescribed to adults with IDD, study finds

Dying at home in an opioid crisis: Hospices grapple with stolen meds

New vaccine could offer protection against opioid combinations

Opioid crisis strains foster care system; programs aim to keep kids with mom

Study identifies link between e-cigarette and tobacco use in school children

Teenagers’ impulsive and risk taking behavior not related to brain deficit symptoms

Researchers discover synthetic compound effective at relieving neuropathic pain

A long and winding road: Kicking heroin in an opioid ‘treatment desert’

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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