We have some wonderful new links about addiction for you to explore and learn through:

Clinical Trials (for anyone interested in participating):  This is the description of a study which is currently recruiting participants to test the neurocognitive effects of buprenorphine among HIV positive and HIV negative opioid-users. The researchers hypothesize that the reasoning abilities of HIV positive participants will be lower than of HIV negative participants.

Science Daily: researchers have developed a technique to visualize the activity of the brain reward circuitry in addicts and non-addicts. This exciting development might help in finding the right treatment strategy for addicts.

Health Day: Three new studies find more evidence that smoking is affected by genes. One study found three genetic regions associated with the amount of cigarettes smoked per day by a person.

UCLA Newsroom: A new study at UCLA found that more than a third of drinkers which are 60 years old and older consume excessive amounts of alcohol. This might be potentially harmful in relation to diseases they may have or medication they may be taking.

Reuters: Obesity and smoking may raise blood clot risk.

Los Angeles Times: An article from the Los Angeles Times about steroid damage. According to the article, long-term use of anabolic steroids damages the heart more than researchers believed.