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Medworm Addiction Updated : Thu, 24 Jul 2008 4:50:34 MST Parkinson's disease medications and characteristics of increased risk for compulsive gambling linked Patients with Parkinson's disease who are younger when they develop the condition, have a personality trait known as novelty-seeking or whose personal or family history includes alcohol abuse may be more likely to develop pathological gambling as a side effect of medications used to treat their condition, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [click link for full article] (Source: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today) Publ.Date : Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:00:00 +0100 Addiction and the brain -- are we hard-wired to abuse drugs? EVENT: At the 2007 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which took place on February 15, 2007 a panel of world-renowned neuroscientists presented recent advances in brain-imaging that have revolutionized our understanding of addiction as a chronic disease. The addiction symposium was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, and was preceded by a AAAS news briefing highlighting key speakers and findings. [click link for full article] (Source: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today) Publ.Date : Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:00:00 +0100 What role does measuring medication compliance play in evaluating the efficacy of naltrexone? Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???-???. (Source: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research) Publ.Date : Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:34:19 +0100 Concurrent buprenorphine and benzodiazepines use and self-reported opioid toxicity in opioid substitution treatment Addiction Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???-???. (Source: Addiction) Publ.Date : Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:25:12 +0100 Antiglutamatergic strategies for ethanol detoxification: comparison with placebo and diazepam Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???-???. (Source: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research) Publ.Date : Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:35:27 +0100