Nineteen young adults handed over their smartphones for three days. When researchers scanned their brains afterward, the resting-state neural activity in regions tied to craving and self-control had ...

Addiction is a powerful condition that can slowly change how a person’s brain works. It often takes away control and makes it ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) -- The Great American Recovery Initiative hit Tennessee this week at the RX Summit in Nashville to ...

The study focuses on DFNZ, a molecule derived from a class of synthetic opioids first explored in the mid-20th century but ...

Cravings affect addiction recovery and relapse. Treatment must help the person with substance use disorder relearn healthy risk vs. benefit analyses and behaviors to overwrite old reflexes.

Researchers are investigating whether GLP-1 drugs could be used to treat addiction disorders, following patient reports of reduced cravings.

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Why does stress trigger drinking? A new study identifies a direct brain circuit between stress centers and habit-forming regions.

Why do stressful moments so often push people toward habits like drinking? A new study from Texas A&M University offers one ...

A massive genomic study uncovers how shared behavioral traits and substance-specific biology together shape addiction risk, offering new directions for prediction, prevention, and treatment. Study: ...

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has already been decided. Credit...Hokyoung Kim Supported by By David Streitfeld ...

Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline ...