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 new study of over 32,000 US Veterans has found that the longer people stay on medications for opioid use disorder ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children ...

Artificial intelligence systems can spiral into gambling-style addiction when given the freedom to make bigger bets — ...

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 ...