Scientists Are Trying to Prove that Addiction is a Genetic Disease - Tonic July 6, 2017 Chris Aguirre via Tonic.VICE "There are the genes that control stress, genes that affect drug metabolism, and genes that affect how readily an addiction forms." Source: https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/bjxxb...
Study’s Message to Recovering Alcoholics: Quit Smoking to Stay Sober / ScienceDaily January 17, 2017 Chris Aguirre Andrew Pons for Unsplash.com Smokers with a history of alcohol problems who continue smoking are at greater risk of relapsing Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015...
Can We Biologically Inherit Trauma? December 14, 2016 Chris Aguirre Shayla Love’s mother and grandparents lived through China’s Cultural Revolution—now she wants to know what biological traces of their trauma she carries within her today. Source: http://digg.com/2016/inherit-trauma-epigen...
Baclofen: Alcoholism ‘Cure’ Pill No Better Than Counselling—Study December 8, 2016 Chris Aguirre untitled / CC via Unsplash Dutch researchers caution against ‘premature’ use of medication, which is being prescribed in France to alcoholics and taken unofficially elsewhere Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/d...