They study gambling disorder. And they had a lot on their minds at a conference in Las Vegas
When researchers studying gambling disorder met in Las Vegas, they asked tough questions about hormones, help hotlines, and risk-loving rats.
LAS VEGAS — What happens when scientists who study gambling addiction descend on a casino-sponsored medical conference?
I went to the Las Vegas Strip to find out.
It wasn’t your typical Sin City trip. Upstairs, in the Venetian and Palazzo casinos, slot machines whirred and roulette wheels spun. In our conference room, meanwhile, researchers debated diagnostic categories and pondered brain scans. At one point, they all closed their eyes for a group meditation.
The conference this week was shadowed, of course, by grief and shock at the mass shooting that left 59 people dead and more than 500 injured at a country music festival just a couple
