±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News - addiction /channels/news_feeds/all/term/addiction/rss en Fentanyl kills more young Americans than COVID. The underlying causes should worry us all. | USA Today /channels/channels/news/fentanyl-kills-more-young-americans-covid-underlying-causes-should-worry-us-all-usa-today-337514 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>February 6, 2022 | MPP alumna Henna Hundal has penned a new article for USA Today, delving into the the addiction and overdose crisis that has caused devastation across the United States, Canada, and many other countries around the world. </p> <p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/02/06/fentanyl-deaths-young-americans-fear-and-depression-drive-overdoses/9314171002/?gnt-cfr=1">Read the article</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/fentanyl_kills_more_young_americans_than_covid._the_underlying_causes_should_worry_us_all._-min.jpg?itok=Gq4_yQ6m" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:13:12 +0000 webfull 177738 at /channels We’re not addicted to smartphones, we’re addicted to social interaction /channels/channels/news/were-not-addicted-smartphones-were-addicted-social-interaction-284522 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>We all know people who, seemingly incapable of living without the bright screen of their phone for more than a few minutes, are constantly texting and checking out what friends are up to on social media.</p> <p>These are examples of what many consider to be the antisocial behaviour brought on by smartphone addiction, a phenomenon that has garnered media attention in the past few months and led  investors and consumers to demand that tech giants address this problem.</p> <p>But what if we were looking at things the wrong way? Could smartphone addiction be hyper-social, not anti-social?</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cell-phones.jpg?itok=8n3rs8G5" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:56:53 +0000 webfull 134821 at /channels Scientists identify key gene associated with addiction /channels/news/scientists-identify-key-gene-associated-addiction-254372 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A new study published in the journal <em>Molecular Psychiatry</em> by a team led by Salah El Mestikawy, Ph.D., researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal), professor at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and head of research at CNRS INSERM UPMC in Paris, opens the field to new understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying addiction in humans.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/addiction_alcohol_tobacco_man.jpg?itok=NxahnKT4" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:16:37 +0000 webfull 111543 at /channels Alcohol consumption - OECD /channels/news/alcohol-use-and-its-public-health-impact-250817 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 11 May 2015 15:46:42 +0000 webfull 109967 at /channels Addiction: abnormal communication in the brain /channels/news/addiction-abnormal-communication-brain-224835 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 29, 2013 - Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the frontal cortex addiction takes hold and how.  Addiction could be a result of abnormal communication between two areas of the frontal lobes linked to decision-making.  The discovery will undoubtedly stimulate clinical work on new therapies for millions of people who suffer from addiction.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/imagescahx3u6a.jpg?itok=VcOMQ_Gm" width="160" height="109" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2013</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:09:35 +0000 webfull 94560 at /channels Study shows majority of smokers re-ignite their habit following heart attack /channels/channels/news/study-shows-majority-smokers-re-ignite-their-habit-following-heart-attack-224687 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><span><span></span></span></div> <div><span><em>Despite obvious motivation for quitting, 2/3 of patients will resume smoking within twelve months</em><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2013</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:39:25 +0000 webfull 94401 at /channels Addiction: abnormal communication in the brain /channels/channels/news/addiction-abnormal-communication-brain-224684 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <p>Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the frontal cortex addiction takes hold and how.  Addiction could be a result of abnormal communication between two areas of the frontal lobes linked to decision-making.  The discovery will undoubtedly stimulate clinical work on new therapies for millions of people who suffer from addiction.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2013</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:11:37 +0000 webfull 94397 at /channels How genetics shape our addictions /channels/news/how-genetics-shape-our-addictions-218156 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h4><em>Genes predict the brain’s reaction to smoking </em></h4></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/218156_fmri-quit-smoking-study.jpg?itok=qekPXzRP" width="160" height="92" alt="" title="Brain activation in response to smoking cues " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2012</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:08:36 +0000 webfull 86163 at /channels