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 ...

Eye doctors treating vision-threatening infections in drug users are uniquely positioned to connect patients with life-saving ...

Ashley Addiction Treatment has launched a $20 million campaign to fund a new research facility and a family-based recovery experience.. The “Unlocking Ashley’s Future” capital campaign quietly ...

You may be surprised to learn that, according to AddictionHelp.com, an estimated 12% of American adults (~41 million) have used powder cocaine in their lifetimes. Thankfully, not everyone who partakes ...

Recent research has brought to light the crucial role that timing plays in family interventions for addiction. This study ...

Salt Lake City (April 10, 2024) - Worldwide, someone dies from drug or alcohol addiction every four minutes. Now, researchers at Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah have been ...

The use of the high-frequency sound waves also is being adapted to treat Alzheimer’s disease, tumors and psychiatric disorders MORGANTOWN, W.Va.MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nestled inside a giant MRI machine, ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be grilled on Wednesday on the addictive nature of social media for youth, though scientists ...

Former Army Staff Sgt. Dave Yeager is glad he is in recovery for a gambling addiction, given the endless options now available for placing bets through his cellphone. "I was a brick-and-mortar gambler ...

This short chapter summarizes some of the key discussions concerning how drug abuse is viewed in the society and the implications of those views. These discussions occurred throughout the committee's ...