Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of ...

Younger generations are turning away from alcohol at unprecedented rates, with Generation Z driving a cultural shift that ...

Scientists have identified a tiny brain circuit in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) that keeps alcohol users ...

A new WSU study found that by targeting a certain part of the brain, scientists were able to lessen debilitating withdrawal ...

Kristin Scaplen, a psychology professor at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., said she’s using fruit flies to help look at how alcohol use changes circuits in the brain. While the common fruit fly ...

Analyzing over two decades of data from more than 23,000 Australians across five generational groups, the study shows Generation Z are nearly 20 times more likely to not drink alcohol than Baby ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala has announced the availability of the 10th Special Report to the U.S. Congress on Alcohol and Health, produced by the National Institute on ...

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have found fecal transplants may be helpful in reducing drinking behaviors in those suffering severe alcohol use disorder (AUD). The work points to a ...

As a cancer survivor, I overcame alcohol addiction and urge others to seek support, safe detox and sobriety to improve their treatment and recovery. In 1997, I went to substance abuse treatment three ...

The addiction to ultraprocessed foods in older Americans is linked to health issues, with over 20% of women aged 50-64 ...

Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol.