Microglia are the brain's resident immune cells. Their job is to patrol the brain's blood vessels looking for invading ...

“In every case I have worked with, the addiction is a response to one of two things: a concretely traumatic experience, or an ...

Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways ... and tobacco is implicated in the top five causes of death: heart disease, stroke, respiratory infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

On World Mental Health Day let's remind and remember that addiction is more than a problem-it is a complex disease and not a ...

Like other diseases, addiction disrupts the regular function of an organ, in this case, the brain. It shifts the brain's ability to respond to circumstances that involve rewards, stress, and ...

A review of the recent evidence suggests that GLP-1 drugs, such as semaglutide, could protect brain health and cognitive ...

Alcohol addiction, also called alcohol use disorder, is one of the most widespread and serious mental health challenges ...

Reducing stigma in addiction can help people get into treatment.

Brown University will receive $12.3 million in federal funding over the next five years to further research the unique ...

Microglia are the brain's resident immune cells ... are now thought to be behind a variety of modern diseases and conditions. Take addiction. This condition has historically been viewed as ...

Addiction affects millions of people, and some of the things that loved ones often do can end up holding people back from ...