Add another downside of lighting up to the list. The risks of smoking are well-documented, from the fact that a single ...

Caron is evolving addiction treatment by combining neurorestorative care with emerging medical innovations that target the brain and support long-term recovery.

Scientists have long known that stress and addiction travel together, but the biological connection between a hard day and a ...

The ADHD brain is different, not faulty. The ADHD system can set a person up for addiction. Dopamine levels are the key to ...

Cravings affect addiction recovery and relapse. Treatment must help the person with substance use disorder relearn healthy ...

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

The gut-brain-vagal axis The vagus nerve is the main pathway of the gut-brain axis, a complex communication network linking peripheral organs to the brain by transmitting interoceptive signals about ...

How does alcohol change your brain at a genetic level? A new study reveals that alcohol metabolites directly alter epigenetic ...

Scientists have developed a new gene therapy that quiets pain at its source in the brain—without the addictive risks of opioids. Using AI to map how pain is processed, they created a targeted “off ...

Methamphetamine addiction has a way of looping back on itself. A rush of pleasure pulls you in, cravings follow, and the brain learns that the drug is the fastest route to reward. Yet scientists still ...

Scrolling on TikTok can feel like falling down a rabbit hole, and it turns out, there’s a reason for that. We had local users ...

Indians collectively spent 1.1 trillion hours staring at their smartphones in 2024 — an average of five hours a day per ...