Gambling problems in the UK and worldwide are becoming more prevalent, driven by the growth of gambling sites not on GamStop, sports betting, and other forms of gambling. With these industries ...

Long-term use of cocaine and heroin disrupts dopamine signaling in the brain, depleting receptors and diminishing the effects of non-drug stimuli, such as music, to trigger pleasure. Prior ...

Almost every act of violence and warfare can be attributed to feelings of vengeance, which is why revenge must be treated as an addiction, critics believe. Getty Images Criminologists have ...

A small trial of an experimental vaccine designed to stop cocaine reaching the brain suggests that it helps reduce the drug’s use. Over a 32-week trial involving monthly injections, the urine of ...

We’ve failed to recognize how difficult it is to escape the pull of food addiction and overcome our brain’s built-in reward response to these ultraformulated foods that flood our food supply.

Addiction isn’t a brain disease – but substance use is rarely a free choice either.

Earlier this year, researchers at UNC’s Winston Center for Technology and Developing Minds established a new initiative to investigate how technology is “rewiring” the brains of developing youth ...

Buprenorphine is an opioid. Like methadone, the tightly regulated treatment for opioid addiction used in America since the 1950s, it acts on receptors in the brain to satisfy cravings.

Brain changes behind pornography use While some of the most pertinent studies were done a decade ago or more, they remain highly relevant. Conducting research in this arena can be difficult due to ...

Explore the connections between the world of neuroscience and nuances of substance use disorders with our inaugural episode of In Such a Place. We’ll speak with Dr. Anna Radke, a leading expert in the ...

He showed CBS News MRI images from a 2021 study in Korea that showed major increases in brain activity — the negative effects of smartphone addiction. "This is showing where the brain is working ...