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Scientists have long known that stress and addiction travel together, but the biological connection between a hard day and a ...

Addiction is often debated as either a disease or a choice, but in reality, it involves elements of both. Many people first ...

How does alcohol change your brain at a genetic level? A new study reveals that alcohol metabolites directly alter epigenetic ...

New Book Addicted to Failure Exposes Why the $42 Billion Recovery Industry Profits From Relapse and Introduces the ...

Why does stress trigger drinking? A new study identifies a direct brain circuit between stress centers and habit-forming regions.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Emma Fenske, DO, Oregon Health & Science University (THE CONVERSATION) Addiction is ...

A researcher at UB's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) has found a change in the brain that occurs after drug use and that may contribute to drug addiction. The finding, reported in the January ...

This post is in response to I Just Want to Testify (about my alcoholism) By Stanton Peele Ph.D. Nora Volkow and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) insist, based on peering at MRIs, that ...

The ADHD brain is different, not faulty. The ADHD system can set a person up for addiction. Dopamine levels are the key to ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse ...