E-cigarettes might be growing in popularity, especially among regular cigarette smokers. But a new study suggests that as a tool to help smokers quit, they may not be very effective.The study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco was a small one, looking at 949 smokers, including 88 smokers who.........TO READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE AND SEE VIDEO, CLICK ANYWHERE ON TEXT ...

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Addiction: Character Defect or Chronic Disease? Recently, numerous media sources have implied that addicts ought to make better choices; addiction science cautions that is not always possible. Describing addiction as a reflection of moral character and choice takes us back to an earlier, more ignorant time. Science now shows that addiction, including alcoholism, is not a simple phenomenon. It stems from multiple causes rather than character flaws. Many of us as medical professionals use a medical model to understand addiction. Drugs, alcohol, and illicit substances activate reward systems in the brain, which cause people to feel pleasure and create memories. Each individual has a ...

Family doctors are experiencing “substantial” abuse by patients seeking powerful narcotic painkillers and other controlled drugs, new Canadian research shows. Overall, about half of family physicians surveyed during a continuing medical education course at Dalhousie University in Halifax had experienced at least one incident of major abuse, 30 per cent reported having been abused repeatedly in the past month, and one in 10 had been stalked by patients. “Family physicians who prescribe controlled substances are at risk of........                           TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE, CLICK ANYWHERE ON TEXT ...