Why someone becomes addicted to a substance has long baffled scientists and philosophers. Now leading researchers are getting the clearest picture yet of how addiction works in the brain and body.

Its previous guidance provided limits for alcohol use to reduce long-term health risks, such as no more than 15 standard ...

From meditation to molecular science, addiction treatment is being reinvented. See how new breakthroughs are giving hope for recovery.

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*This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Jeannette Porter's name. The science of addiction is complex and nuanced, but researchers and experts are making strides in understanding ...

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

We have a well-honed ability for branding the undesirable attributes of “others.” This natural human tendency has evolved and persists for a reason: The definition of an outcast group helps society to ...

The School of Pharmacy announced in August the establishment of the education program Rising STARS — Scientific Training in Alcohol Research and other Substances — which intends to expose ...

What is addiction? Despite my many years studying the mesolimbic system, one of the key players in many drug-dependent behaviors, I still struggle to define addiction. Indeed, it is not an easy ...

In Variety‘s Recovery Issue, prominent entertainment figures offer insights on navigating a sober life in Hollywood. For more, click here. Medical and public health professionals have gained a more ...

It could be fertile ground for addiction, say scientists at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA). Research scientists at RIA, founded in 1970 as a part of the New York State Division of ...

The bad news about our national opioid crisis just keeps coming. Opioid addiction and opioid deaths have reached epidemic levels across the nation, including in Mississippi. The Mississippi Bureau of ...