News articles tagged with 'abstinence'
Cocaine images capture motivated attention among users
— 4 Apr 2011 19:09 | HealthScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University (SBU) have conducted the most comprehensive study to date of how cocaine users…
Stopping smoking shortly before surgery is not associated with increased postoperative complications
— 15 Mar 2011 20:35 | HealthA meta-analysis of nine previous studies found that quitting smoking shortly before surgery was not associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications, according to a…
Smoking abstinence found more effective with residential treatment
— 9 Mar 2011 19:47 | HealthIn the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers report that residential treatment for tobacco dependence among heavy smokers greatly improves the odds of abstinence at six…
Protracted abstinence revisited
— 1 Feb 2011 21:15 | HealthOpiate abuse is a chronic disorder and maintaining abstinence represents a major challenge for addicts…
Kicking the habit: Study suggests that quitting smoking improves mood
— 2 Dec 2010 19:25 | HealthQuitting smoking is certainly healthy for the body, but doctors and scientists haven't been sure whether quitting makes people happier, especially since conventional wisdom says many…
Stopping smoking cessation treatments too soon may reduce odds of success for 45 percent of smokers
— 2 Sep 2010 16:01 | HealthA study led by researchers in the Oregon Health and Science University Smoking Cessation Centre may change the way clinicians make treatment decisions for their patients who smoke…
Brain mechanism may explain alcohol cravings that drive relapse
— 17 Mar 2010 14:38 | HealthNew research provides exciting insight into the molecular mechanisms associated with addiction and relapse. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 11 issue of the journal Neuron,…
Why do sexually experienced girls resume sexual activity after abstinence?
— 16 Mar 2010 08:43 | HealthAn Indiana University School of Medicine study provides a better understanding of why sexually experienced girls resume sexual activity after periods of abstinence, information key…
Tweens sexual activity delayed by theory-based abstinence-only program
— 2 Feb 2010 12:01 | HealthA new study weighs in on the controversy over sex education, finding that an abstinence-only intervention for pre-teens was more successful in delaying the onset of sexual activity…
BUSM researchers show dieters can experience neurobiological similarities of drug addicts
— 10 Nov 2009 15:45 | HealthResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that intermittent access to foods rich in fat and sugar induces changes in the brain which are comparable to…