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Guardian Unlimited - Scientists have identified a brain region that is essential for experiencing drug cravings. The team hopes that discovery could lead to the use of medicines to shut down the region and diminish craving. The insular cortex or insula lies deep in the ...

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - This is a man committed to changing his life, but because of his addiction, he hasn't been able to do so," said Assistant Public Defender Karen Bailey-Turner. Giess didn't attend the sentencing but told probation officers that she hopes Boston can ...

New York Post - An R-rated Look at an X-rated Industry," the former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction star, who now writes and directs XXX videos, says: "Rock and porn exist to break taboos. Rock used to have that rebellious 'up against the world' creed ...

MSN UK News - Doherty has appeared in court on a number of drug offences over the past year and was praised by an east London judge in April for "more than co-operating" in his struggle to beat his addiction. On Wednesday Doherty left court in triumph after a judge ...

Boston Globe - ... on the difficulties of Burnett's early years as the daughter of two alcoholics as well as her marriage to Joe Hamilton, which brought them three daughters before they parted ways. And we hear about daughter Carrie Hamilton's struggles with addiction ...

Baltimore Sun - Places like this are utterly familiar to Jackson, who once supported a heroin addiction by selling sex to men eager to step into an alley or vacant building. Today, she spots someone who's trolling for customers as she once did. "Hey, miss, you have a ...

Baltimore Sun - In a months-long examination, The Sun interviewed physicians, advocates, social workers, addiction counselors and public health experts to learn how the sex trade contributes to the greater epidemic. The best understanding, however, comes from the ...

Baltimore Sun - Budget deficits, polluted waters, drug addiction and crumbling infrastructure are of our own recent making," the governor said. "But other perils, like global warming, the global economy, global terrorism, global migration, are powered by additional ...

Guardian Unlimited - It would be foolish to think that the world can be weaned off its addiction immediately: new-technology renewable sources make up only 0.5% of the global energy supply, and fossil fuels will continue to be essential for a long time. But where ...

Oregonian - It's a hobby, not an addiction," the son said. An FBI agent testified at Robert Christie's preliminary hearing last week that the suspect had an apparent gambling problem. But Christie's son said any suggestion of huge gambling debts is unfounded. ...