One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...

Despite significant advances in addiction science, a persistent and critical challenge remains: the vast chasm between the ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

Why someone becomes addicted to a substance has long baffled scientists and philosophers. Now leading researchers are getting the clearest picture yet of how addiction works in the brain and body.

*This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Jeannette Porter's name. The science of addiction is complex and nuanced, but researchers and experts are making strides in understanding ...

From meditation to molecular science, addiction treatment is being reinvented. See how new breakthroughs are giving hope for recovery.

Much of the conversation around addiction swings between two worldviews. On one side is the belief that addiction is a brain ...

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We have a well-honed ability for branding the undesirable attributes of “others.” This natural human tendency has evolved and persists for a reason: The definition of an outcast group helps society to ...

New estimates from the Centers for Disease Control indicate 74,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017, a 10 percent increase over 2016. Responding to the epidemic, Pennsylvania has made ...

It could be fertile ground for addiction, say scientists at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA). Research scientists at RIA, founded in 1970 as a part of the New York State Division of ...