Pointing to Ozempic as a paradigm shift, an elite rehab center is experimenting with GLP-1s to tame many forms of addiction.

Addiction can be a loaded term. The word originated in the 16th century to denote an abnormal attachment, typically to ...

Masturbating is a perfectly normal, healthy activity that shouldn't be discouraged, but it can become an addiction in certain ...

Fifty years of outstanding neuroscience research studies have revealed many secrets of how drugs of abuse affect and change the brain, proving that addiction is a brain disease.

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Understanding the risk factors in gaming plays an important role. Addiction to gambling is formed by the release of dopamine.

Psychedelics devotees are racing biotech entrepreneurs to turn 5-MeO-DMT, one of the world’s most powerful drugs, into a pharmaceutical.

A groundbreaking study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Canada has revealed that an experimental ...

associate professor of Neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts (USA), has identified among the billions of neurons in the brain those responsible for the development of alcohol addiction.

Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip ...