New York City, NY

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Scientists have identified the reward pathway that when shared by drugs like cocaine and morphine disrupts our natural desire for more life-sustaining needs like food and water.



					
			

The discovery helps explain why addictive drug use can override the importance of even eating and drinking, and it could lead to new treatment interventions.
A New York team from Rockefeller University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai used mouse models to study responses to morphine and cocaine in brain reward circuits usually activated by hunger and thirst.
"We've known for decades that natural rewards, like food, and drugs can activate the same...

There Really Is Something Strikingly Malicious in The Way Cocaine Rewards Our Brains

New Mexico State

Albuquerque, NM


Nearly six years have passed since a day spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was closed following a state health department investigation into the facility's unregulated practice of 'vampire facials'.



					
			

A report released this week by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now details five suspected cases of  HIV traced to unsanitary procedures carried out at the spa by its unlicensed operator, demonstrating the importance of rapid contact tracing and regulation of invasive treatments.
In the summer of 2018, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) opened an investigation into a report of a woman who tested positive on a...

5 Cases of HIV Traced to Dirty 'Vampire Facials' in New Mexico

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Scientists Invented a Bizarre New Material That Gets Tougher When You Hit It


Electronic wearables and sensors could one day be made from a material that toughens up as it gets hit or stretched, thanks to new research carried...

Scientists Invented a Bizarre New Material That Gets Tougher When You Hit It

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