Allan Sachs: How to Decrease the Amount of Sugar in Your Diet
Allan Sachs: How to decrease the amount of sugar in your diet
neuroscientist Dr. Eric Stice compares sugar to cocaine, saying they both stimulate the same reward centers of the brain, but that sugar is more addictive. In this installment, I will address the risks we face from an epidemic of sugar overuse and …
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Council looks to limit growth of betting shops
The spread of betting shops is a highly contentious issue as it is thought to be driven by fixed odds betting terminals, machines that have been dubbed the “crack cocaine of gambling” because of their addictive characteristics. Bookmakers are limited …
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Hand-Held Treatment for Overdoses Is Approved
Prescription drugs alone now account for more than half of all drug overdose deaths, and one major category of them, opioids, or painkillers, take the lives of more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined. Deaths from opioids have quadrupled in 10 …
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Study: Oreo cookies as addictive as cocaine — Manny Seligmann and his wife Margaret were on Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach looking for a new place to live, and talking retirement.
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