One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...

A dose of hope for opioid withdrawal. The process of getting clean from opioid addiction can bring on intense physical ...

A recent study revealed that the rate of opioid use among pregnant women across the US has doubled over the past decade.As ...

There are medications that help people addicted to opioids stop using these powerful drugs and avoid a potentially deadly overdose. But fewer than 15% of patients who could benefit receive them.

Women taking opioids during pregnancy were up to twice as likely to have complications during delivery, and 71% more likely ...

The PET Addiction Center of Excellence will use PET scans to peer inside the brain, allowing for the study of opioid receptors’ function in different individuals. PET brain imaging of an opioid ...

Large language models repeatedly chased losses, escalated risk and even bankrupted themselves in simulated gambling ...

GLP-1 agonist medications such as Ozempic have been game changers in the treatment of obesity and diabetes. Recently, a new study found evidence that Ozempic may be a promising medicine for ...

At the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, scientists are eager to explore whether a psychedelic chemical found in a toad could help people whose depression has not eased with typical ...

A study using Swedish patient data found anti-obesity drugs were linked with fewer hospitalizations related to alcohol use, adding to a body of work suggesting these drugs could potentially be used to ...

Annenberg Assistant Professor David Lydon-Staley leads the Addiction, Health, and Adolescence Lab. This summer, the Annenberg School for Communication formed the Addiction, Health, and Adolescence ...

There is a lot of interest in the question of if too much sex, sexual desire, masturbation, or viewing of pornography is an addiction like to alcohol or cocaine. In fact, an early version of the new ...