United States: parents still favor opioids to treat their children
Two-thirds of American parents believe that opioids are more effective in treating their children than other treatments. The opioid crisis ...
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Among the 5 most addictive substances in the world, 2 are perfectly legal
What substances make the most "addicted"? To answer, pharmacologist David Nutt and his team of researchers interviewed numerous addiction experts. ...
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In the United States, infant mortality linked to opioids has tripled in 15 years
Between 1999 and 2016, nearly 9,000 children and adolescents died from an opioid overdose, causing the mortality rate to jump ...
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Alcoholism: internet therapies, it works!
Dutch researchers have investigated the effectiveness of internet therapies for alcoholics. According to them, they can be a useful first ...
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Opioids: many patients remain addicted after their cancer
Opioids are effective but highly addictive painkillers. Many patients remain addicted, even six months after the end of their treatment. ...
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Drugs, tobacco, sex, games, alcohol, shisha, porn: what are the symptoms of an addiction?
The notion of addictive behavior includes both addictions to psychoactive substances, but also behavioral addictions. How to differentiate passion from ...
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Couple: Lena Dunham gets rid of her addictions … including love!
© GettyImagesIn recent years, Lena Dunham has confided a lot about her state of health. Severely affected by endometriosis, she ...
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Addictions: young French people increasingly addicted to hard drugs and porn
10% of young Parisians say they have already used hard drugs (ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, MDMA) and 15% of 14-17 year ...
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Sex addiction: a mother tells her ordeal (VIDEO)
Rebecca Barker, a British nurse now living in France, has been addicted to sex. In order to challenge the public ...
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A European guide against drug addiction
Live from the European Congress on Addictions, the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is publishing its ...
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Baclofen: doctors regret the lack of consultation
As of July 24, doctors are no longer allowed to prescribe high-dose baclofen. A loss of opportunity for some patients.Baclofen ...
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Addictions: a tool to spot them as early as possible
Health professionals, and in particular general practitioners, are faced with difficulties in detecting the consumption of psychoactive substances, in particular ...
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Addictions: a site that meets the expectations of teens
MILDECA and Inserm have launched ww.maad-digital.fr, a scientific information website on addictions designed with and for young people. It contains ...
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Depression, anxiety, addictions … the hidden face of confinement
© Getty Images / EyeEmAs we suspected, it is now a reality: the first confinement (between March and May 2020) ...
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Addictions: it is in the South of France that we drink and smoke the most
© iStockPhotoFor the first time, a vast survey conducted by telephone among 30,000 French people will help to challenge a ...
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Drugs, pornography … what are the addictions of 14-24 year olds?
© GettyimagesYouth addictions are at the heart of a extensive investigation and the results worry experts. The study carried out ...
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Marseille researchers discover receptors that could “predict” addictions
In the brain of rodents, Marseille researchers have succeeded in detecting a predictive marker. In this area of the brain, ...
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Covid-19: teleworking increases the addictions of the French
With the second confinement, introduced since October 30, teleworking is not mandatory, but 100% recommended, 5 days out of 5, ...
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Addictions: drug use on the rise among adults
April 19, 2019. According to the latest figures from the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction, while drug use ...
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Teenagers addicted to games of chance more prone to addictions
© ThinkstockAre scratch cards a sign of addictive behavior? Most certainly, if we are to believe the work of researchers ...
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Addictions: free consultations for young people
A few days ago, the High Authority for Health (HAS) presented its early identification aid tool addictive consumption that it ...
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Addictions: too much alcohol and tobacco in video games …
© ThinkstockWill it soon be necessary to add anti-smoking and anti-alcohol spots in video games? Teenagers addicted to controllers are ...
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Addictions: why drinking alcohol leads to smoking?
© FotoliaWhy is having a drink so often associated with smoking? While 85% of adults alcohol addicts would also be ...
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Smoking and alcoholism: the two addictions are linked
© ThinkstockIn France, alcohol is the direct cause (cancer, cirrhosis of the liver...) or indirect (road accidents, homicides ...) of ...
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Alcohol and cannabis: addictions that poison the work
© iStockPhotosFor the first National Day for the Prevention of Addictive Behavior in the Workplace, organized jointly by the Ministry ...
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Drugs and addictions: a first section of government action unveiled
© MonkeyBusinessDanièle Jourdain-Menninger, president of the MILDT (the interministerial mission for the fight against drugs and drug addiction) presented today ...
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Addictions are well established among young people
© HemeraThe 8th edition of the student health barometer reports an increase in the regular consumption of alcohol, tobacco and ...
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Something new to understand addictions
CNRS researchers recorded the brain activity of 18 volunteer people using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner as they participated ...
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Art in the fight against addictions
Une Bouffée d'art launches an original evening, entitled Smoke the boards, Monday June 29 at 8 p.m. at the Mouffetard ...
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