Alcohol has also been linked to dementia, accelerated brain shrinkage, memory loss, and cognitive decline. Despite the ...

In the UK, the NHS advises drinking no more than 14 units of alcohol per week, spread over three or more days. That’s roughly ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

A "stress coach" smart patch can help people struggling with addiction or alcoholism manage anxiety and cravings, lowering ...

A noninvasive device that delivers weak electrical currents to the brain may help those with multiple sclerosis cut back on ...

Two Minnesota recovery specialists pursue fair and equal access to addiction care for those with substance use disorder.

People with addictions often choose a drug that helps them feel normal, so an anxious person might choose alcohol or Xanax, ...

Like Butterfield, the 41-year-old West Valley City mom became addicted to kratom, an herbal supplement that has been called “gas station heroin” because over time — sometimes not much time — it can ...

Scientists have identified a tiny brain circuit in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) that keeps alcohol users ...

The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), a region that regulates stress and emotion.

Cousin's death spurs Lincoln man's efforts to build a 44-bed residential addiction treatment facility on 31 acres near Crete.

Julie McFadden, from Los Angeles, claimed, that after cutting out alcohol completely 'my life got worse' and it was then that ...