Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs that are widely used as a quick fix for obesity and diabetes treatment might be reshaping parts of the brain. The GLP-1 drugs, which acts like hormones controlling hunger ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Some people can become addicted to taking revenge, says psychiatrist and legal expert James Kimmel. But they can also be rid of the addiction, he ...

Addiction is a disease that affects millions of Americans. It is extremely widespread, with an estimated 8 percent to 10 percent of individuals in the United States 12 years of age or older (between ...

Cocaine’s heyday as a party drug may feel like a distant past, but an estimated 5.5 million Americans used the illicit substance at least once in 2019. For some, that use can spiral into addiction — a ...

Major scientific discoveries can arise from simple decisions: say, by simply looking where virtually no one else has. Such was the case for Ines Ibañez-Tallon, a research associate professor in the ...

One woman’s meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of ...

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