India, March 29 -- A large share of the inherited risk for substance use disorders may stem from genes that influence broader brain functions-such as how people respond to rewards, control impulses, ...

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

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

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

Researchers identified a brain pathway linking stress centers to habit regions. Alcohol disrupts this stress-response system, ...

For years, smokers looking to kick the habit have been steered toward nicotine patches and gum. However, new data suggests ...

Early porn exposure among boys is rising. And experts say it leads to lasting struggles with addiction, mental health and ...

New research in more than 600,000 veterans suggests GLP-1 drugs may do more than help with weight and diabetes.

National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a compound called N-desethyl-fluornitrazene, or DFNZ, that ...

By: Gabriel E. Levy B. For more than 5 years in this academic space, I have been denouncing the unethical and questionable behavior of the META corporation. On March 25, 2026, a jury in Los Angeles ...

The moment you grab your phone upon waking, you're unknowingly rewiring your brain into a state of perpetual reactivity that ...

March Madness greatly appeals to teenage boys and young men, caught up in the aura of gambling and masculinity. Yet few clinicians are aware of this major behavioral addiction .