image: It's a sinister condition that affects millions of Americans: addiction. Whether it's alcohol, drugs, food or gambling, it can ruin lives. In support of National Recovery Month, which calls ...

Medical and public health professionals have gained a more sophisticated understanding of how substance abuse changes the chemistry of the brain as more research is conducted on the science behind ...

It's a sinister condition that affects millions of Americans: addiction. Whether it's alcohol, drugs, food or gambling, it can ruin lives. In support of National Recovery Month, which calls attention ...

This book shows the ways in which these two domains of addiction, the national and the personal, are intertwined and can be both understood and managed. In a landmark book from national drug policy ...

Recent scientific research has helped explain a disease that has been historically accompanied by misconceptions and misunderstanding. Within the last 20 years, advanced brain scanning technology has ...

In context: Parenting in the internet age presents challenges never before experienced, such as managing screen time and monitoring online content. Balancing the benefits of technology with the risks ...

Using opioids gives some brain cells a call to action. Opioid addicts’ brains, examined after death, contain about 50 percent more nerve cells that release a molecule called hypocretin, compared with ...

In Variety‘s Recovery Issue, prominent entertainment figures offer insights on navigating a sober life in Hollywood. For more, click here. Medical and public health professionals have gained a more ...

People who struggle with addiction oftentimes don’t choose to make bad decisions. Their brains are affected by the substances they abuse. Dr. Paul Updike, Catholic Health Medical Director, Substance ...