A new study is the first to investigate the brain activity of people taking part in music therapy sessions to treat substance ...

New research has found evidence that music can alter how the brain processes emotions in people receiving treatment for drug ...

Scientists at Duke University may have created a drug to hone cravings and possibly help with weight management. They specifically synthesized a molecule that ‘calms-down’ the physiological responses ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. A major new study on weight-loss drugs poses a new idea for addiction treatment: small doses of Ozempic could help ...

For hundreds of years, craving has been recognized as a central causal feature of addiction and relapse in overeating, gambling, and other addictions. But what causes craving, how one ends cravings, ...

What’s the most addictive drug? Newly published research indicates that when focusing on persistent drug memory, craving, and addiction, the most addictive illegal drug is cocaine. In contrast, the ...

Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ deadly hostility to addiction medications, subpar treatment offered in jails and prisons, shifts in the illicit drug supply and consumption behavior, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Craig Allen serves as Medical Director at Rushford and Vice President of Addiction Services at Hartford HealthCare. (Courtesy ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He ...