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New Weight Loss Pill Combines Addiction Drugs
A new weight loss pill has been produced using a combination of drugs that help decrease drinking and terminate smoking. This new pill, known as Contrave, is a mixture of naltrexone and bupropion. Alcoholics use naltrexone to decrease cravings from alcohol. Bupropion is used to treat depression and cigarette addiction. There has never been a weight loss pill approved in any country with the combination of these two drugs. Bupropion stimulates neurons that effects appetite. It has been found to encourage weight loss when used by itself. According to Dr. Frank Greenway, researcher at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, adding naltrexone to bupropion causes even more weight loss. Contrave affects the appetite and reward centers in the brain. This could be useful for people who have food cravings that interfere with their ability … Read entire article »
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Exercise Bulimia: Addicted to Excercising
Exercise bulimia is often difficult to detect in a society where fitness and exercise is praised. Jackie Holms, director and founder of Casa Serena Eating Disorders believes exercise bulimia, also known as exercise addiction, has always been present in our society. However, the disease has become more pronounced due to our country’s latest fitness craze. From actresses to soccer moms, everyone looks to push their work out routines to the next level. Exercise addiction can be a fine line, because medical doctors, psychologists, and therapists encourage their patients to exercise to release endorphins and maintain health. Exercise bulimia can be detected by some of the feelings a person relates to exercising. For example, someone who is healthy and enjoys fitness wouldn’t mind skipping a day’s exercise routine if they were … Read entire article »
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Marijuana to Help Treat Tourettes Syndrome
On Tuesday July 27th the health department submitted a formal request to the Department of Regulatory Services to add Tourettes Syndrome to the list of ailments that can be treated by medical marijuana. Last March a patient presented the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment with research suggesting marijuana can relieve some symptoms of Tourettes. Tourettes is a neurological disorder that causes involuntary physical or vocal “tics” These tics are repetitive, and rapid. They can be anything from blinking, to grunting. Research has shown that marijuana can appease these involuntary movements and provide patients with relief. In 2000 Colorado voters approved the use of medical marijuana to treat a variety of diseases. The department is now petitioning for Tourettes Syndrome to be added to that list. A hearing is set for … Read entire article »
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Infant Drug Poisoned through Breast Milk
On Wednesday, July 28th, investigators revealed that a 2-month-old infant was poisoned to death by a drug concentrated in his mother’s milk. Kaisha Poulson is being charged with the murder of her newborn son, Jack. The autopsy results received this week showed that the boy had died last March from methamphetamine poisoning. According to Scott Israel of the Fayetteville Police Department the mother passed the methamphetamine to the child through her breast milk. Police answered a 911 call from a mother claiming her baby was found dead after she woke up from a nap. The baby was then rushed to the state medical examiner’s office. The following month, Poulson was arrested for the possession of GHB and morphine. Investigators finally received the toxicology report from the state crime lab … Read entire article »
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Anorexia Rates Increase Among Middle Aged Women
A new study reveals that more and more women in their thirties and older are under just as much pressure as young girls to stay thin. Stephen Touyz, a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Sydney studied a group of women from Sydney, Australia suffering from anorexia. Touyz noted that the disease was common in older women, with many of whom have suffered from it since adolescence. Some older women feel ashamed admitting they have a disorder which is associated with teens. Therefore, they often refrain from reaching out for help. Psychologists theorize that anorexia is not triggered by any specific event. The disorder is a combination of many factors. Women may have feelings of low self-esteem, and self-hate that translate into a search for perfection and the … Read entire article »
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Lindsay Lohan Enters Rehab
Lindsay Lohan began her rehab treatment at approximately 1:25am this morning, Monday August 2nd. She was released from jail and taken to UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital under the orders of Judge Marsha Revel. According to the hospitals website, cell phones and laptops are not allowed. There are strict visiting hours and no field trips far away from the facility. Hopefully this rehab, stricter than Lindsay’s first choice, Morningside Recovery, will provide her with the opportunity to face her demons and understand her addiction. Going along with the rigorous honesty I am practicing in my own recovery through alcoholics anonymous, I must say I am slightly uncomfortable writing about Lindsay. Being only a couple years younger than she is, I see Lindsay as one of my peers going through similar … Read entire article »
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Eminem Clean and Sober
Before his overdose in 2007, Eminem couldn’t keep track of how many pills he was taking. He claimed his tolerance to drugs such as Vicodin, Valium, Ambien, and Methadone was increasingly high. After surviving the overdose in December of 2007, Eminem continued using drugs which led to a relapse only a month after. After his second overdose, Eminem decided he did not want live the life he was leading. He also recognized that he had a problem. This was something that came very hard for the rapper. Eminem did not want to believe that there was something he didn’t have control of. However, his love for his children, and desire to be happy was enough of a reason for him to seek treatment. Eminem’s addiction seemed to consume his entire life. … Read entire article »
Alcohol Abuse linked to HIV & AIDS
The International Center for Research on Women of Washington has stated that alcohol use increases the risk of AIDS. It’s been proven that the consumption of alcohol leads to risky sexual practices that may result in the infection of HIV. According to an article in the latest issue of The Lancet, countries with the highest percentage of HIV infections have a high population of hazardous drinkers. This is associated with greater incidents of unprotected sex with prostitutes and sex with multiple partners. Establishments that sell alcohol are also associated with the increased risk of HIV. Studies have shown that there is a link between alcohol abuse and risky sexual behavior. Alcohol limits inhibitions and therefore increases the risk of unsafe behaviors. These behaviors include unprotected sex which can … Read entire article »
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Love Addiction & Rejection, Linked to Drug Addiction
A recent study at Stony Brook University proves why it is so difficult to end a romantic relationship. Scientists found evidence that areas in the brain linked to motivation, reward, and addiction are activated after a break up. According to the July 2010 issue of the Journal of Neurophysiology, people going through break ups showed brain imaging that revealed romantic love is a goal-oriented motivation as opposed to a certain emotion. The same brain imaging was seen in people suffering from cocaine cravings and addiction. Scientists believe this data reveals romantic love to be a specific form of addiction. Feelings and behaviors of romantic rejection are difficult to control. Extreme behaviors such as, stalking, suicide, and clinical depression, can be seen in people suffering from romantic rejection all over the world. In … Read entire article »
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