A video intended to be watched for just a moment before sleep extends until dawn. Despite vowing to abstain from alcohol, one ...

The opioid epidemic has been called “the deadliest drug crisis in American history.” Of the 105,000 people who died from drug ...

Treatment also is useless unless it’s accompanied by life change, Walter said. People need “recovery capital” to succeed — ...

Ultraprocessed foods can create powerful pulls similar to those of alcohol, nicotine or opioids, with worrisome consequences for our health.

A long-term goal within neuroscience has been to develop a non-invasive way to influence brain function. Such a technology could shed light on the vital organ’s operations—and one day, it could even ...

In a YouTube video, Dr. Gabor Maté, the author of the landmark book “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction,” has a conversation with Guy Felicella, a former user of drugs and ...

Ozzy Osbourne may have been a fierce rock 'n' roller, but he was far from invincible. The Grammy-winning singer and Black Sabbath frontman died on Tuesday, July 22, at the age of 76, according to a ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) recently released a five-year study of treatment in America, and the results underscore the size of the learning curve we ...