Infographic: Prescription Painkillers in America
Prescription Drug Abuse in America infographic Related posts: Prescription Painkillers: Misuse, Abuse and Deaths Americans are dying in ever-increasing numbers from ove...
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Chronic Pain Costs +$600 Billion U.S./year
Chronic pain affects 116 million Americans and costs the U.S. as much as $635 billion each year, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that...
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Child Abuse and Brain Changes
the same pattern of brain activity in these children as seen previously in soldiers exposed to combat
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Addiction: Crucial Advances in ‘Brain Reading’ Demonstrated
At UCLA’s Laboratory of Integrative Neuroimaging Technology, researchers use functional MRI brain scans to observe brain signal changes that take place during...
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Pain Medication Addiction Reaching Epidemic Level
In a recent newspaper article, a Nebraska State Patrol investigator called the abuse of prescription drugs an “epidemic” in the state. Aly Hassan, M.D.,...
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