Physicians in China Treat Addictions by Destroying the Brain's Pleasure Center

Published December 27, 2012

Physicians in China treat addictions by destroying the brain's pleasure center

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Drug addiction in China is highly stigmatized. And now, some doctors are trying to cure it with a radical procedure known as as a "stereotactic ablation." More simply, it's the practice of destroying parts of the brain's "pleasure centers" (the nucleus …
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Brazil's Drug Epidemic: Welcome To 'Crackland'

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President Dilma Rousseff responded with a $ 2 billion drug prevention and treatment program. In Sao Paulo, addicts are urged to seek help at Psychosocial Attention Centers – 80 clinics where addicts can receive a bed for the night. A man smokes crack …
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3 Things to Watch at Merrimack

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The leading treatment has historically been Eli Lilly's chemo drug Gemzar. But a rising new wave of treatments, including Merrimack and Celgene's Abraxane, offers options for patients for whom Gemzar wasn't enough . Merrimack paid up to have a chance …
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