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Family Doctors In Rural America Tackle Crisis Of Addiction And Pain

Dr. Angela Gatzke-Plamann didn’t fully grasp her community’s opioid crisis until one desperate patient called on a Friday afternoon in 2016. “He was in complete crisis because he was admitting to me that he had lost control of his use of opioids,” recalled Gatzke-Plamann. The patient had used opioids for several years for what Gatzke-Plamann […]

Published on January 10, 2020

Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play

A team of researchers has conducted the first study of how baby and adult brains interact during natural play, and they found measurable connections in their neural activity. In other words, baby and adult brain activity rose and fell together as they shared toys and eye contact. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. […]

Published on January 9, 2020

Explaining link between emotion and addictive substance use

What drives a person to smoke cigarettes? What role do emotions play in this addictive behavior? Why do some smokers puff more often and more deeply or relapse many years after they’ve quit? If policy makers had those answers, how could they strengthen the fight against the global smoking epidemic? A new report by researchers […]

Published on January 9, 2020