Hooked: Why Bad Habits Are Hard to Break

Hooked: Why bad habits are hard to break – Dr. Nora Volkow, the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, has revolutionized how science and medicine view addiction: as a disease, not a character defect. Morley Safer reports.

Quitting smoking: Why some stop alone, others need aid

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"This is something we got a center grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for a couple of years ago, and are working hard on this idea that not all people who want to quit smoking are the same," Swartzwelder said. "Before, you would try …
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Heavy Drinking During Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Brain Development …

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) also provided funding for this study. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the …
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