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What Is Drug Addiction in Relation to the Brain? Drug addiction is a full-body issue; every body system is affected and changes in response to the drug use or abuse. However, the brain has a special relationship to drug use, because much of the brain’s chemistry is affected by drugs. While different drugs will change …
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Medical Consequences of Substance Abuse The United States government, on their website for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drugabuse.gov, defines substance abuse and drug addiction as a disease of the brain. Admittedly, initial drug use may be voluntary, however, this agency states that the most commonly abused drugs change a person’s chemistry. The addiction …
Prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. Understanding prostate cancer means understanding the prostate, which is an organ found only in men. The organ rests behind the urinary bladder and in front of the rectum. It grows with age, with the most rapid growth happening during puberty. Growth into adulthood slows …
