Nebraska researchers are focusing on the special challenges of preventing and treating drug abuse and addiction in rural ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring ...

New research suggests the weight-loss medications could be powerful tools in tackling substance use disorders.

An analysis of 2.2 million people reveals both shared and substance-specific genetic pathways for addiction risk, showing ...

Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline ...

In 2024, researchers made considerable progress in understanding and treating addictions. This is important, because substance use disorders (SUDs) remain a global challenge, profoundly affecting ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, to discuss addiction as a brain disorder, treatments for ...

A popular class of drugs for treating diabetes and obesity may reduce addiction, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, ...

Researchers identify PV neurons in the prefrontal cortex as the gatekeepers of drug addiction relapse, offering a new target ...