Semaglutide, the active ingredient behind blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Wegovy, is now at the center of a growing body ...

Mount Sinai researchers have shown for the first time that a person's beliefs related to drugs can influence their own brain activity and behavioral responses in a way comparable to the dose-dependent ...

A diabetes and obesity medication shows potential to reduce alcohol cravings and relapse in early animal studies.

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Hoebel and researchers in the department of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute have demonstrated patterns of craving and relapse, the third and final stage of addiction, that had ...

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 ...

People often joke that their favorite snack is "like crack" or call themselves "chocoholics" in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...

Opium is a highly addictive drug. It’s made from juice extracted from the unripe seed pods of opium poppy plants (the scientific name is Papaver somniferum). Opium is used to make a class of drugs ...