For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures a vivid mental image and drives behavior. This ...

Adults taking GLP-1 receptor agonists, the drug class behind Ozempic and similar medications, showed significantly weaker ...

People taking GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide for diabetes or obesity showed lower rates of new alcohol and ...

Drug addiction poses a global public health challenge, with limited therapeutic options and modest efficacy. While clinical observations suggest that social rank plays a crucial role in determining ...

Accumulating evidence indicates that drug addiction may lead to adaptive behavioral changes in offspring, potentially due to epigenetic modifications in parental germline. However, the underlying ...

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 ...

Only a minority of alcohol users develop alcohol use disorder (AUD), and the extent to which vulnerability to this condition depends on sex remains insufficiently explored in preclinical research.

I recently had a family, minus the mother, come to see me. They were greatly concerned, and rightfully so that Mom was “using”. Mom is indeed addicted to opiates and other narcotics that have kept her ...