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Japanese researchers find norepinephrine levels may be linked to gambling addiction

(Medical Xpress) -- Because addictions cause so much havoc in the lives of millions of people, researchers the world over are constantly looking for both their causes and ways to treat them. One such ... read more

900,000 people in Japan may have excessive pachinko playing disorder: survey

An estimated total of 900,000 people may be hooked on pachinko and ... Labor and Welfare research group found that 4.8 percent of the adult population was thought to have a gambling addiction -- an es... read more

What if our children are the screen-obsessed couch potatoes of the future?

Here addiction is linked to ... Interestingly, research attempting to deny digital addiction is almost impossible to find. Even as researchers claim that cell phone addiction can harm the parent-child ... read more

Food Cravings: They're All in Your Brain.

The URL has been copied to your clipboard From VOA ... addiction, and addictive behaviors such as gambling and over-shopping follow similar neural pathways. Studies show that our mental state affects ... read more

Neuroscientists Challenge Myths About Men and Porn

Participants also watched a very "vanilla" porn film in the lab and reported their arousal level. The researchers ... to females who may vary tremendously in their sexual behavior preferences." Regard... read more

Chemists seek antiaddiction drugs to save hijacked brains

All raise hopes that doctors could soon have a new way to treat addiction, and not just to drugs and alcohol. The medicines could potentially also be used to fight food and gambling ... may be on the ... read more

The pseudo-legal arguments for a police state

The fact that a federal judge makes such arguments is a significant indication of the extent to which a pro-dictatorship consensus has developed within the highest levels ... linked terrorist friends ... read more

Going overboard

For Goldman there may be some truth in this ... in the two quarters before it collapsed yet continued to accrue a compensation pot not far off the levels of 2007. Shareholder returns over the entire c... read more

Strategic or random? In the face of uncertainty, the brain chooses randomness as the best strategy

Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus have shown that the ... between random and strategic behavior by manipulating the level of a stress hormone called norepinep... read more

CNN CROSSFIRE

You see, today may be Labor Day for you and me but for George W ... Meanwhile, President Bush's job approval rating in the latest CNN/"TIME" poll is at its lowest levels since before the September 11 ... read more

The Right to Discriminate Against Smokers

The New York Times reports that "more hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants ... becomes difficult for smok... read more

Big Sugar is having its tobacco moment

While many may question nutritional advice from a group of economists ... He has been a named chief investigator on research grants that have received funding from: the National Health and Medical Res... read more