Mindfulness training provides a natural high, study finds
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New U study shows meditation treatment can lower instances of opioid abuse in the addicted brain.
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Cone snail venom wins Golden Goose Award
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U researchers Baldomero “Toto” Olivera and J. Michael McIntosh are among 11 researchers honored for unusual discoveries that greatly benefit society.
Read More‘Meet me where I am’
During Sundance Film Festival 2022, University of Utah Health premiered “Meet Me Where I Am,” a documentary short film that follows the journey of 61-year-old Adolphus Nickleberry, a patient at our Intensive Outpatient Clinic (IOC).
Read MoreDestigmatizing mental illness
U of U Health partnered with Sundance for a panel of experts on the front lines of the mental illness epidemic in Utah.
Read MoreCultivating joy through mindfulness
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New research shows that a specific mind-body therapy, Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement, increases the brain’s response to natural, healthy rewards while also decreasing the brain’s response to opioid-related cues.
Read MoreDeadly cocktail
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A new study reveals the Utah opioid epidemic death toll includes an alarming number of new moms.
Read MoreKicking a habit
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Preventing addiction with insight from scruffy dogs and ancient meditation.
Read MoreHealing chronic pain and opioid addiction
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Eric Garland, associate dean for research at the College of Social Work, has been appointed to a Multidisciplinary Working Group focused on a $1.1 billion federal effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the opioid crisis.
Read MoreThe science of addiction
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The U’s Genetic Science Learning Center received $150,000 from the Utah Legislature in early 2018 to teach middle and high school students about the science of opioid addiction and the physiological and psychological aspects of pain, among other topics.
Read MoreEXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT CONTINUUM
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The winter edition includes: Genes and addiction, 30 years of student service, why humanities matter, top five dinosaur myths and more.
Read MoreA Healthier U
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[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″] THE NEW BATTLE AGAINST ADDICTION Generally, Utahns are a happy bunch of folks. It’s not uncommon to find a Utah city ranked on national polls measuring happiness and healthy living among local communities. But Utah also holds the dubious honor of ranking seventh in cases of opioid drug overdose. That’s why doctors […]
Read MoreHUMANS OF THE U: JUSTIN HUGHES
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Justin Hughes was stuck in substance use disorder, which led him to crime, jail and prison. He thought addiction was going to be part of him for the rest of his life.
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