We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are ...

What happens in addiction is that, through completely natural processes involved in all learning, the brain prunes nerve pathways of attention and motivation to preferentially notice, focus on ...

A study published in Science Signaling on the neural circuitry mediating addiction has made significant strides, particularly in understanding the intricat | Neuroscience ...

As the body of research expands on the potential of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists to address various health ...

The research could ultimately lead to targeted treatments for alcohol-related sleep loss, helping people recover from alcohol ...

Dr. Raheja has expanded psychiatric care through telepsychiatry, bringing services to rural Wisconsin at Thedacare Regional ...

Most sleep medicines act on a broad swath of cells throughout the brain, which increases the risk of addiction and unhealthy side effects. "By identifying a much smaller, more discrete population ...

You have a disordered brain that has created lots of pathways that really shouldn't be there, that are triggered by the drug that you're addicted to. And so when you try to tell people to think ...