Word: drugging
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...genetic research helps explain why some smokers respond better to certain smoking-cessation programs than others, according to scientists at Duke University and the National Institute on Drug Abuse...
Rose found that people with genes that more efficiently code for bupropion breakdown respond better to the drug, while people with genetic variants that improve cell communication - also called adhesion - seem to have an easier time overall in quitting. That makes sense, since addictive behaviors such as smoking are deeply ingrained in the brain, and are strongly tied to social and environmental triggers. That network of neural connections, once cemented, is tough to break. But having certain versions of genes that facilitate neural flexibility - easing the uncoupling of certain brain connections and replacing them with new habits - could, says Rose...
...answer is to conduct an experiment, as this is the only method we have for testing what really works and what is likely to fail. In the same way that we force drug companies to test the efficacy of their drugs before rolling them onto the market, shouldn’t we ask the government to test their ideas before they invest billions of our tax dollars on some stimulus packages...
...have some complaints about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), yet we also realize that without the FDA medicine might have been nothing but leeches and placebo–isn’t it time to take the same systematic approach to economic policies that are so central to our society...
Preparation for a first-rate capital defense can often take hundreds of hours, including an extensive investigation of the accused's childhood, mental health, drug abuse history and so on. But the law does not promise a first-rate defense. As a panel of judges from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said in denying Osborne's request for a new trial, "for a petitioner to show deficient performance" by an attorney, "he must establish that no competent counsel would have taken the action that his counsel did take." And how do you show that? "There are no absolute rules...