Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—As the new University of Utah School of Dentistry readies to open the doors to its first four-year class in the fall of 2013, the program has landed more than $5 million in two grants ...

Scientists are testing whether GLP-1 drugs can help to cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol and opioids — as well as food.

Often, people die with multiple drugs in their system. Medication can help people quit abusing opioids, but stimulant addiction has no effective medicine. Rewards programs — especially when the dollar ...

Increasing the levels of chemicals naturally produced in the body called endocannabinoids may thwart the highly addictive nature of opioids such as morphine and oxycodone while maintaining the drugs' ...

Brain imaging studies show love is like a drug addiction. Scientists can even predict who you love, or whether you have a pet, based on your brain activity. A breakup or the loss of a loved one can ...

Israel-based psychedelics biotech Clearmind Medicine Inc. CMND shared additional positive results on the impact of the MEAI molecule in the natural reward process in an in-vivo preclinical study of ...

Why do so many people relapse after quitting cocaine? A new study from The Hebrew University reveals that a specific "anti-reward" brain circuit becomes hyperactive during withdrawal-driving ...

The medications have grown popular for weight loss, but one doctor has found another use: combating alcohol and drug addiction.

Tis the season of malls, sales and hunting for deals: a shopper’s dream. But when does shopping become a problem? A Baylor ...

Harold Lewis has been fighting drug addiction for years, but only recently started thinking recovery could be fun. The 59-year-old former cook earned small prizes — candy, gum, gift cards, sunglasses ...