Drugs addiction represents a chronic brain disorder caused by some individual problems, characterized by compulsive drug-seeking behaviors, and high rates of relapse. The cycle of euphoria, crash, and craving , occurring multiple times per day – leads to a cycle of addiction and behavioral disruption, in order to stop the crash and reinstate the euphoria. […]
Differences in Perception in Children with ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sometimes called attention deficit disorder (ADD), represents a set of chronic conditions that involves hyperactivity, difficulty paying attention and a tendency to act impulsively, according to the American Psychiatric Association (APA). ADHD develops in childhood, affecting the adolescence and adulthood of a patient’s life in some cases.The most common symptoms […]
Scientists Decode Cancer DNA Of a Cancer Patients
Scientists have decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient and traced her disease to its genetic roots. The Washington University team identified 10 gene mutations, which appeared key to the development of the woman’s acute myeloid leukaemia. Just two of these had been linked to the disease before. The sequencing technique, described in the […]
NIMH Researchers find biomarker to accurately prescribe antidepressants
Washington, DC (GroundReport) – According to researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health, images of the brain’s fastest signals reveal an electromagnetic marker that predicts a patient’s response to a fast-acting antidepressant. Carlos Zarate, M.D., of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program. was quoted as saying, "Such biomarkers […]
Experts Visit Nigeria Over New HIV Drug Trials
Nigeria is close to becoming a trial site for new HIV drug study, as clinical trial experts from Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) would be in the country this week to ascertain the possibility. The experts, led by Robert Burger will be visiting AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) Centre at Jos University […]
Is Chiropractic an Effective Alternative Medicine?
In 1895, Daniel David Palmer invented the therapy called "chiropractic." The self-taught Ontario-born healer maintained that he had cured a man’s deafness by manipulating a displaced vertebra in his spine. Ever since, chiropractors have been criticized by the medical establishment about the lack of scientific evidence for some of their claims – but that hasn’t […]
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