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ctorg t1_j80tfhf wrote
Reply to comment by Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat in Scientists have identified the brain structures responsible for compulsive drug-seeking behaviours due to repeated use of cocaine by identificating the structures involved and neural pathways activated with repeated exposure to the drug by giuliomagnifico
The nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex (the structures identified in this study) have been shown to be involved in reward and drug addiction for decades, but we still don't have treatments.
ctorg t1_j80rkz1 wrote
Reply to comment by Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat in Scientists have identified the brain structures responsible for compulsive drug-seeking behaviours due to repeated use of cocaine by identificating the structures involved and neural pathways activated with repeated exposure to the drug by giuliomagnifico
It could be. If further studies prove that the activation causes the behavior. On the other hand, if the behavior causes the activation or the brain region activation and the drug-seeking-behavior are both caused by some third, unmeasured variable, then this has no treatment value.
As I said, correlations are valuable. Mis-representing them is not.
ctorg t1_j80chmk wrote
Reply to Scientists have identified the brain structures responsible for compulsive drug-seeking behaviours due to repeated use of cocaine by identificating the structures involved and neural pathways activated with repeated exposure to the drug by giuliomagnifico
Yeah "activated during" is very far from "responsible for." This is a correlational finding - which is valuable, but should not be communicated as having a particular direction or causality.
Edit: the study itself uses the phrase "involved in"
ctorg t1_j7gzodh wrote
Reply to comment by elcheapodeluxe in Analysis showed that 65.6% of women who took extra Vitamin D gave birth naturally. The study analysed results from the MAVIDOS trial which involved 965 women being randomly allocated an extra 1,000 International Units (IU) per day of vitamin D during their pregnancy or a placebo. by Wagamaga
Same. I clicked because I was shocked that 65.5% was an improvement. I had no idea spontaneous vaginal delivery rates were that low.
ctorg t1_jat0627 wrote
Reply to comment by Fabulous-Relative333 in Too much or too little sleep could be making you sick more. Those who reported sleeping less than six hours a night were 27% more likely to report a recent infection, and those who reported more than nine hours sleep were 44% more likely to report one. by MistWeaver80
Particularly with "too much sleep," it's usually a symptom of another health issue (like sleep apnea, depression, etc.), rather than the cause of health problems. There's very little evidence that excess sleep is detrimental in people who are healthy.