Dr. Nora Volkow: How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain

Dr. Nora Volkow: How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain – Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, explains addiction pharmacologically and looks at how drugs of abuse take control of the r…

A magic shot for addiction? Vivitrol shows early promise, addicts say

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The agency relied heavily on a Russian study, which showed 36 percent of Vivitrol patients stayed in treatment drug-free for six months, compared to 23 percent of those not on the drug, said David McCann, of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's …
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Wegmans Cuts Some Part-Time Workers' Health Benefits As Obamacare Looms

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It's possible the workers no longer covered by Wegmans in 2015 may actually benefit from their new arrangement thanks to Obamacare, Paul Fronstin, the director of the Health Research Program at the Employee Benefit Research Institute, told HuffPost …
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