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Good Samaritan Medical Center

Brings New Technology And Services

To The Newly Redesigned treatments for their overall breast health,” said Sheri • Supersonic Mach 40 Ultrasound – The ultrasound

Norma E. & Miles M. Zisson Montgomery, chief executive officer for Good Samaritan system gives the highest resolution images of patients to
enhance diagnostic certainty, regardless of tissue density.
Medical Center. “As we have done for over 100 years,
Comprehensive Breast Center our newly redesigned center will continue to provide technological capabilities it will ensure greater patient
“We feel confident that by offering these new
amazing quality care to the South Florida community.”
Of The Palm Beaches Some of the new additions to the center include: care and confidence for those who come in for their
• The Genius 3-D Mammography™ exam with yearly mammograms,” said Dr. Elena Rehl, breast
Good Samaritan Medical Center, part of the Palm Hologic Clarity HD – This technology generates images surgeon on staff at Good Samaritan Medical Center.
Beach Health Network, announces a new look and new of the breast that are sharper and even more detailed so a “It is so important not to delay care especially for your
equipment in the redesigned Norma E. & Miles M. Zisson cancer can be detected earlier, when it is easier to treat. It annual mammogram. If you have been putting it off, we
Comprehensive Breast Center of the Palm Beaches. The also cuts down on unnecessary follow-up appointments encourage you to make an appointment today.”
Palm Beach Health Network invested nearly a quarter of by up to 40 percent compared to 2-D imaging alone. It The Norma E. & Miles M. Zisson Comprehensive
a million dollars into the center, bringing a sleek and calm also produces images quicker so less time for the patient Breast Center of the Palm Beaches brings together a
aesthetic look, along with some of the newest high-end to have their breast under compression. multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists and allied
technology for patients being treated for their breast health. • Affirm Breast Biopsy Guidance System – This health professionals, advanced technology and cancer
“As we continue to change the way we treat breast system allows doctors to quickly perform 3-D breast resources so patients and their families may receive a
cancer, it is important we continue to keep up with the biopsies on patients and accurately target regions of comprehensive diagnosis, treatment and support services.
latest and newest technology, so the residents of Palm interest for a breast biopsy assisting in breast cancer Call (561) 650-6441 or go to our website at www.
Beach County can benefit from getting the very best detection. goodsamaritanmc.com.
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The Scripps Research Institute News

Scripps Research Study understand whether the experience of repeatedly drinking alcohol far stronger at eliciting a

during withdrawal – rather than just the length of time or severity reaction. In other words, the
Reveals How Alcohol Cravings of the addiction – helps strengthen the learned associations experience of learning how
Get Stronger After Drinking that lead to cravings. They conditioned rats that were not alcohol relieves negative
dependent on alcohol to associate an anise or orange scent with
withdrawal symptoms led
During Withdrawal alcohol. Then, a subset of those animals went through cycles of to even stronger cravings
withdrawal, during which they were conditioned to associate a than the original experience Image of a rat brain. Photo by
Findings in animal study could eventually lead to different scent with alcohol consumption. of learning alcohol’s feel- Scripps Research
improved treatments to minimize cravings in people with “This allowed us to separate, for the first time, the learning good effects.
alcohol use disorder. that happens during the original, non-dependent state, and the “It is commonly thought that people drink because it makes
For some people with alcohol use disorder, it might be the learning that happens during withdrawal,” says Weiss. them feel good. But in people who have developed dependence,
sight of a familiar bar or a favorite bottle; for others, it might When all the animals were then tested to see what length they the “feel-good’ sensation that the drug produces is actually a
be the feeling of leaving the office after a stressful day at work would go to for alcohol in the presence of a conditioned scent,
or stepping into a crowded party. Most people who struggle Weiss’ group discovered that cues learned during withdrawal were Scripps Research on page 20
with drug or alcohol addiction have particular cues that set off
their cravings.
Now, scientists at Scripps Research have discovered how,
in rats dependent on alcohol, environmental cues that become
associated with drinking during withdrawal are much more
powerful than those learned during the early phases of alcohol
use, leading to more irresistible cravings. The new findings,
published online in the British Journal of Pharmacology,
could eventually lead to new treatments to minimize cravings
in people with addictions.
“We already knew that the craving produced by environmental ABACOA is my
stimuli typically intensifies over time in severe alcohol use
disorder,” says Friedbert Weiss, Ph.D., a professor at Scripps
Research, “but no one had teased apart, at both a behavioral and Community too!
neurobiological level, why that is until now.”
An estimated 14.5 million people in the United States have
alcohol use disorder, which encompasses a range of unhealthy
drinking behaviors. Like other drug addictions, alcohol addiction Let me help with your home needs because I’m a
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Similarly, rats that have learned to associate a particular smell
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In the new work, Weiss and his colleagues sought to
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