The Top 7 Performance Enhancing Drugs Used by Athletes What Are Performance Enhancing Drugs? Performance enhancers are various substances, chemical agents, or procedures designed to provide an advantage in athletic performance. PEDs affects the body in multiple ways such as the increase in muscles and the increase in blood cells oxygen-carrying capacity. Despite these apparent … Read More
Caffeine and Addiction Caffeine is considered to be an even more addictive drug than amphetamines and much higher in dependence than even marijuana. Almost 30% of casual users of caffeine become addicted and caffeine is found in so many things that are consumed every day that it’s hard to find a product without it. Caffeine … Read More
More White, Middle-aged People are Dying Due to Suicide and Drugs Princeton University recently conducted a study where the outcome indicated that the overall rate of death of white middle-aged adults has risen sharply over the past 15 years, largely because of drug and alcohol overdoses, suicide, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver. … Read More
Stop the Drug Abuse Before it Starts Certain individuals are much more susceptible to addictions than others, but there are some key things one can do to prevent drug abuse before it ever begins. On psychcentral.com, four critical factors are listed as important things to do to prevent drug abuse from ever starting. First, it … Read More
Gender and Alcoholism Alcoholism is faced by both men and women, and does not discriminate between age, marital status or age. However, gender has been found to be an important factor influencing alcoholism vulnerability and treatment. There are both biological and physiological factors including hormones that show that gender differences occur in alcoholism. In developed … Read More
Post Surgery Prescriptions and Addiction A recent study at University of Buffalo showed that addiction to prescription meds develops easily after surgery –often unintentionally. This rising epidemic is real and is of concern. The study found that 31 out of 75 patients entering an opiate addiction detox clinic developed their addiction from a prescription they … Read More
Addicts and Lies Addiction is such a powerful force that it causes most people to do things they wouldn’t consider “right” or “moral” if they weren’t fighting addiction. Many people will steal, hurt others, skip appointments or important events, as well as exhibiting other behaviors. But, the most common thing addicts do is: they lie. … Read More
Babies Born Dependent on Drugs on the Rise Throughout the country, there has been a recent increase of the number of babies being born addicted to drugs. This tragic, harsh reality is prompting some hospitals to hire volunteers to hold and attempt to comfort the babies during the time they are experiencing withdrawal. Because the … Read More
Steroids and Young Athletes Most athletic kids with potential would jump at the chance to perform even better at their favorite sport. But what if that meant taking or injecting dangerous steroids? Research shows a troubling increase in the amount of young athletes doing just that: injecting steroids to increase muscle tone and mass and … Read More
