We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

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A 2024 U.S. national survey reported that 11.8% of males and 7.6% of females ages 12 and older met the criteria for Alcohol ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource that explains how opioid receptors ...

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The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other ...

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Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

A new interdisciplinary study from BYU, opens an angle of neuroimmune research that could potentially lead to better medical ...