Job losses help explain increase in drug deaths among Black Americans
Updated: 2024-04-25 20:28:53
Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Job losses help explain increase in drug deaths among Black Americans April 25, 2024 Ohio State University New research points to an economic factor that might be overlooked when considering why drug-related deaths among Black Americans increased significantly after 2010 in U.S . regions reporting heightened fentanyl activity job losses that followed the  After a decade of rapid growth in drug mortality among Black Americans , the death rate among Black Americans surpassed that of white Americans for the first time in 2020. The drug epidemic now is primarily driven by synthetic opioids â especially illicitly manufactured fentanyl. âThere have been many descriptive studies that show
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Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Brain Circuit Discovered That Suppresses Appetite During Nausea in Mice April 24, 2024 Max Delbrück Center Specialized nerve cells in the amygdala are activated during nausea and elicit appetite-suppressing signals . Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have identified the circuit in the brain that prevents mice from eating when they feel nauseous . The study reveals that special nerve cells in the amygdala , a brain region involved in emotional processing , are activated during nausea and elicit appetite-suppressing signals . These findings highlight the complex regulation of eating behavior , as the loss of appetite during nausea is controlled by different