UF Tackling Our Addictions to Food

UF tackling our addictions to food

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"The genes haven't changed in the last 30 years," but people have changed the early exposure to food, creating easy access to highly pleasure-enriching food that causes drug-like effects in the brain, Gold said. In ways similar to drugs, people have …
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'Tweener' hospital takes charge in drug abuse, community health

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The leading cause of death in Ohio isn't car crashes or suicide; it's drug abuse. That isn't a statistic Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster takes lightly. Although it's a 222-bed nonprofit hospital, described as a "tweener hospital" with limited …
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Poisoning is now the leading cause of death from injuries in the United States

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One fascinating topic covered is how the brain continuously desires the drug of choice once it feeds the “reward” portion of the brain that causes addiction: “Our brains are wired to ensure that we will repeat life-sustaining activities by associating …
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