His decision to try the technique, called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), stemmed from dramatic advances in the science of addiction—and from his frustration with traditional treatments.

“Aversive cues matter from the very first exposure,” study author and University of Texas at El Paso biologist Travis Moschak ...

What Is a Nicotine Addiction? Nicotine addiction is characterized by a mental and physical dependence on nicotine. When you ...

Shaped by his own addiction, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is embracing ideologically flexible approaches to the opioid epidemic.

Opioids mimic the body's natural pain relievers, binding to receptor proteins in the brain and sometimes inducing euphoria. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies.

How can we treat and eventually eradicate addiction? Over recent decades, we have applied increasingly sophisticated science to understand addiction. Neuroimaging studies and post-mortem ...

A study using Swedish patient data found anti-obesity drugs were linked with fewer hospitalizations related to alcohol use, ...

Increasing the levels of chemicals naturally produced in the body called endocannabinoids may thwart the highly addictive ...

He sleeps under the soothing touch of his mother, Jordann Thomas, 28, who’s in recovery from heroin addiction. Doctors treated the baby with methadone, then weaned him from it. He’s gaining ...

Playing video games is a rite of passage for many adolescents, but for some, it could also be the first step to a gaming ...

Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted response to reward ...