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                                                    <title><![CDATA[Harvard Health Posts by Sharon Levy, MD, MPH Feed]]></title>
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                                <subtitle>Harvard Health Blog: You'll find posts from Harvard Medical School physicians and our editors on a variety of health news and issues.</subtitle>
                                                    <updated>2021-11-05T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[A conversation about reducing the harms of social media]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Sharon Levy, MD, MPH]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[Social media can connect people across the globe, with a potential audience of millions of users. But no matter how many likes a post gets, it can feel like it's not enough, opening users &mdash; particularly young people &mdash; to potential mental health issues, and raising the question of whether the government should impose regulations on social media companies.]]>
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                        <updated>2021-11-05T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nicotine addiction explained &amp;mdash; and how medications can help]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/nicotine-addiction-explained-and-how-medications-can-help-202107272554" />
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                    <name><![CDATA[Sharon Levy, MD, MPH]]></name>
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                                        <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Addiction is now understood to be a neurological disorder that results from changes to the brain's reward center caused by addictive substances. Ideally, treatment for nicotine addiction combines medication to suppress cravings with counseling to help patients reprogram their behavior.]]>
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                        <updated>2021-07-27T10:30:00-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vaping: It&#039;s hard to quit, but help is available]]></title>
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                                            <author>
                    <name><![CDATA[Sharon Levy, MD, MPH]]></name>
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                        <updated>2021-05-10T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Teens and drugs: 5 tips for talking with your kids]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Sharon Levy, MD, MPH]]></name>
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                        <updated>2018-08-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Adolescence: A high-risk time for substance use disorders]]></title>
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                                            <author>
                    <name><![CDATA[Sharon Levy, MD, MPH]]></name>
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                                        <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The prefrontal cortex does not fully develop until the mid-20s, which makes teenagers’ brains excellent at learning and absorbing new information, but it also makes them vulnerable to experimentation and the potential for substance use disorders.]]>
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                        <category term="Addiction" />
                        <updated>2018-08-07T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
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