Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Toxicology update
Well, it seems the toxicology reports are in and Brittany's death was, at least partially, caused by her taking of multiple drugs. Still, it seems that she was trying to medicate a host of conditions brought on by her underlying anemia and pneumonia. It's sad to think that this ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
About a year ago, while sitting in a lecture on learning and memory, the idea that certain drugs can affect the emotional responses to memory long after the memory itself has been formed came up. As someone interested in addiction research, the implication for treatment immediately came up in my ...
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Okay, maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself here, but I'm pretty excited about one study in particular that I heard about while in DC.
I've already written about a study by the renowned addiction researcher Barry Everitt showing that medications could be used in treatment to help addicts who ...
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