Dr. Nora Volkow Explains the Science of Addiction

Dr. Nora Volkow Explains the Science of Addiction – http://wh.gov/da6g http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp http://www.twitter.com/ondcp The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institut…

Colts report to training camp

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Last year, Wayne dressed in military fatigues and arrived as part of an Indiana National Guard convoy. He wanted his new teammates to take a page from the military manual by … The next year, Wayne and James drove a bus full of children onto the Rose …
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MSU awarded million grant for juvenile justice project

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(WTVA) — Mississippi State is among six national universities and a health systems provider receiving a more than $ 2 million research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for …
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Can Obesity Be an Addiction?

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One area of obesity research receiving a great deal of attention lately is the considerable neurobiological overlap between addiction and some forms of obesity. Nora D. Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has studied …
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