People taking GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide for diabetes or obesity showed lower rates of new alcohol and ...

Accumulating evidence indicates that drug addiction may lead to adaptive behavioral changes in offspring, potentially due to epigenetic modifications in parental germline. However, the underlying ...

Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline ...

Methamphetamine (METH) addiction causes serious psychiatric and neurological disorders, while the overall efficacy of current interventions remains unsatisfactory. Endurance exercise is one effective ...

Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...

Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline ...

Carl Hart, a neuroscientist at Columbia University, writes about the choices addicts make in his new book, High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery that Challenges Everything You Know ...

This video features a social experiment comparing public reactions to a homeless drug addict and a homeless father. By placing both individuals in similar public situations, the experiment observes ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have completed a massive genetic study that identifies key biological ...

Prescription weight loss drugs have been lauded as the miracle drug for treating diabetes and obesity, but new research suggests that these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor ...

Angela Cruz Williams’ heart must have skipped a beat at her Fourth of July cookout, as she said a 7-year-old came “within probably two inches of stepping on a dirty needle in his own backyard” in ...