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Girls on Film: Thoughts on Awards Season

Austin Metablog  Thu, 01/12/2012 - 4:30pm

My name is Shelby, and I?m an awards season addict. I can?t get enough of the montages and tributes, the...

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Overeating, Like Drug Use, Rewards And Alters Brain

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 11/30/2010 - 11:02pm

An addict's motivation to take drugs and a hungry person's motivation to eat use similar circuits in the brain, research indicates.

That doesn't mean food is addictive, but certain foods do act a lot like a drug in the brain and can alter the brain the way drugs do.

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Olympics notebook: Interview with a Games junkie

 Mon, 02/15/2010 - 6:21pm

Norman Tu is a self-described Olympics addict, attending at his seventh games. But, he says, that's the perk of owning his own company.