Brain Health. Addiction can be accelerating brain ageing more than previously thought. According to a study led by scientists ...

Does using alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis engender addiction by changing the structure of brains, or does the structure of brains incline some people toward using those substances? In standard brain ...

People with a diagnosed cocaine use disorder may fall into three distinct behavioral and neurological subtypes, a discovery ...

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 ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that reinforce repeated use and make quitting extremely difficult. For decades, ...

At an engaging forum not far from the Capitol, patients, researchers, health care providers and policy makers met to ...

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 ...

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A psychiatrist told Newsweek that the most effective approach for parents is not waiting until obvious signs of addiction ...