• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation | OMRF

  • About
    • General Information
    • Disease Research
    • Training & Outreach
    • Events
    • Careers
    • Contact Us
  • Science
    • Scientist Directory
    • Research Programs
    • Research Centers
    • Core Facilities
    • Scientific Publications
    • Scientific Seminars
    • Technology Ventures
  • News
    • Media Resources
    • News Releases
    • Publications
    • On Your Health
    • Bodywork
  • Patients
    • Anti Aging Study
    • Lupus (SLE)
    • MBTPS1 Related Disorders
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • Sarcoidosis
    • Sjögren’s Disease
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Other Autoimmune Disorders
  • Donate
    • Donate Now
    • Ways to Give
    • Tax Credit
    • Planned Giving
    • Contact Philanthropy
Home - OMRF News - Archives for addiction

addiction

Bodywork: Understanding what it means to drink in moderation

July 4, 2023

Despite years of hearing otherwise, I recently read that even moderate alcohol consumption has no health benefits.

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: addiction, alcohol, drinking, health benefits, moderation, robert, scientist-news, Scofield

Taking Aim at Addiction

April The headline in The Washington Post said it all: “A young couple died of overdose, police say. Their baby died of starvation days later.” The article that followed recounted a tragic story. It was specific to a community 60 miles outside Pittsburgh, and to a young family who lost their lives. But it also […]

Taking action: OMRF researcher starts lab investigating vital chemical 

March 6, 2018

Dopamine is a chemical responsible for voluntary movement and the perception of rewards in the brain.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: addiction, aging, Beckstead, brain, chemical, cocaine, disease, dopamine, funding, grants, metabolism, meth, Michael, michael beckstead, mike beckstead, movement, neurons, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, parkinsons, pathologies, research, science, scientist-news

Love and other drugs

February 9, 2016

Brain scans of people who are in love look similar to scans of drug addicts.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: addiction, brain, brain scan, cocaine, drug, drugs, elicit, functional mri, heart, love, MRI, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Rheal, rheal towner, romance, scientist-news, stanford, stephen prescott, Towner, valentine, Valentine's Day

Before Footer

Equal Opportunity Employer

Footer

  • Jobs
  • Directory
  • Donor Privacy Statement
  • Ethics Point
  • Intranet
Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin

Subscribe to OMRF News
  • Contact
  • Careers
  • Donor Privacy
  • Ethics Point
  • Intranet
OMRF Logo
OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
825 NE 13th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
(405) 271-6673
Charity navigatorUnited WayTop Workplace