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A new study published in the journal Neuron provides evidence that the brain stores competing memories of alcohol use and the ...

Addiction doesn’t arise in isolation. For many individuals, it follows years of emotional adversity, trauma, nutrient depletion, and gut dysfunction. People experiencing addiction often eat poorly or ...

Addiction medicine offers a useful framework. Many people use substances without developing addiction. The difference often ...

Why it matters: Alcohol use disorder affects millions globally, with serious health, social, and emotional consequences. Understanding it is the first step toward recovery. Brain’s role: Research ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

Mount Sinai researchers have found that a brain region that is implicated extensively in value-based decision-making and craving in people with heroin use disorder—known as the orbitofrontal cortex ...

What began as playing cards with family for cash grew into a decades-long addiction that nearly cost him everything.

The Rediscover Recovery Community Center celebrated its second anniversary Saturday while marking the opening of its new ...