The researcher at the Department of Social Psychology of the University of Malaga Christiane Arrivillaga has participated in an international study conducted at the University of Toledo (Ohio, USA) that…
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‘Eat, sleep, console’ reduces hospital stay and need for medication among opioid-exposed infants
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have found the “Eat, Sleep, Console” (ESC) care approach to be more effective than using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) to assess and…
Older drivers drinking or using drugs up to four times likelier to be at fault during a car crash
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Substance use among older drivers increases the probability of them being at-fault two to four times during a crash, a new study, analyzing nine years’ worth…
A soothing remedy for gambling addiction
Oxyhemoglobin (oxy-Hb) concentration in the prefrontal cortex in response to auditory stimulation using nature sounds was remarkably low in participants, indicating positive physiological effects. Fig 2. Using the modified semantic…
Stricter alcohol policies are associated with reduced drinking, multi-country analysis finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who live in countries with more stringent alcohol policies drank less than people in countries with less strict policies, according to a large multi-country analysis…
How alcohol consumption contributes to chronic pain
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Chronic alcohol consumption may make people more sensitive to pain through two different molecular mechanisms—one driven by alcohol intake and one by alcohol withdrawal. That is…
