I don’t drink anymore. I don’t smoke anymore.” He might have shrugged it off, but reports accumulated in his clinic and ...

When considering the drugs most likely to cause former addicts to repeatedly relapse, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine ...

GLP-1 medications may quiet the brain signals behind addiction, reducing substance use disorders and overdose risk across ...

Drugs originally designed to treat diabetes and obesity are reshaping medicine in unforeseen ways. Their impact on public health is really unprecedented in modern times, perhaps only upstaged by ...

Originally designed for diabetes and obesity, GLP-1-based drugs may also blunt the brain's reward signals that drive alcohol, tobacco and drug cravings.

Researchers identify PV neurons in the prefrontal cortex as the gatekeepers of drug addiction relapse, offering a new target for precision treatment.

Some people may experience alcohol cravings when they stop drinking. A craving is an intense or urgent desire for something. A person may experience alcohol cravings for various reasons. These may ...

A person's basic personality traits might help predict if they will start drinking again after alcohol withdrawal. A new study shows that people with a strong desire for new experiences are more ...

Craving is an intense desire to eat a specific food or food type that seems urgent and difficult to resist. “A person experiencing a craving may feel as if they cannot satisfy their hunger until they ...

An international group of researchers have found that food craving activates different brain networks between obese and normal weight patients. This indicates that the tendency to want food may be ...