Nora Volkow
Nora Volkow
Nora Volkowis a Mexican-born naturalized American psychiatrist. She is currently the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which is part of the National Institutes of Health...
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It's a compulsion, it's a need that goes beyond the ability to consciously control it, and in that respect it's very similar to drug addiction.
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One of the most powerful things that makes us feel good is when someone we admire, appreciate, for example, values us.
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It's a sense of doing something that can improve the quality of life for people, ... Of course I admire (Trotsky), I think he was an incredibly visionary individual.
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They become part of our everyday lives. You see an ad for medication the way you see an ad for shampoo, and the message is that it's just like an everyday thing.
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When you start to live in a situation like that . . . it creates a sense of responsibility to your own life to do something that can help others.
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There's a pattern of brain changes that we have shown is common across various types of addiction that we've also seen in pathologically obese individuals,
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I could have gone for gambling or sex addiction, ... But I went for obesity because of the tremendous impact it has.
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I could have gone for gambling or sex addiction,...But I went for obesity because of the tremendous impact it has.
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The inability to stop is the essence of what addiction is, ... my favorite drug was more and all.
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In animal studies ... exercise has been found to increase dopamine levels and to raise the number of dopamine receptors.
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I do believe we all have a responsibility with our lives. It's just an extraordinary miracle that we exist, as a person with our unique characteristics.