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Gambling and Financial Woes
By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert...counseling services and support groups for gambling addictions. If you are in denial then you... Read more »
ADHD and Obesity: Is There a Link?
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health Expert...activities like car racing. Or they might have an exercise addiction. An inattentive person's... Read more »
Kicking those Addictions
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...list of resolutions, be sure to add giving up your addictions. I'm not speaking of the hard... Read more »
The Seductive Power of Nicotine
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert...something I desired, but something I had to have. The addiction had taken hold. The tobacco... Read more »
Fighting addiction: Developing a program that meets your needs
By Jim Christopher , Health Expert...I finally attained recovery from a lengthy booze addiction on April 24, 1978, previous feeble... Read more »
Health Guide
Parkinson's Disease: Highlights
...years.Treatment-Associated Compulsive BehaviorCompulsive behavior such as gambling, shopping, and sexual addiction may occur in patients who receive certain PD treatments.Osteoporosis RiskPD may... Read more »Compulsive gambling
Gambling - compulsive; Compulsive gambling; Addictive gambling Prevention Exposure to gambling may increase the risk of developing pathological gambling.... Read more »Nicotine Addiction
Nicotine is the chemical in cigarettes that makes them addictive. Higher levels of nicotine in a cigarette can make it harder to quit smoking. A report by the Massachusetts Department of Health found... Read more »Failure to Stop Smoking
...Failure to QuitBiologic, psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors all play a role in nicotine addiction, making smoking one of the hardest addictions to beat. About half of people who quit... Read more »Premenstrual Syndrome: Treatment
Some experts recommend a gradual approach for treatment of symptoms that meet the full criteria for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).First-line therapies... Read more »Images
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Naltrexone may help problem gamblers
October 03, 2008A drug widely used to treat alcohol addiction may also help people with a gambling problem, a new study suggests. Researchers gave 58 men and women... Read summary »
Understanding Nicotine Addition
August 14, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When a person tries a cigarette for the first time, he is either completely turned off by it or he becomes quickly addicted.... Read summary »
Beating Drug Addiction
September 04, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Beating drug addiction is a long, difficult road. But it may be easier for cocaine users than others because of what cocaine... Read summary »
New Treatment for Addicts?
August 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Disrupting drug-associated memories may prevent drug addicts from relapsing. New research from the University of Cambridge... Read summary »
Treating Obesity as an Addiction?
August 28, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Using a drug designed to fight drug addiction may be helpful in combating obesity. Vigabatrin, a drug designed as a potential... Read summary »
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