Scientists identify the protein DeltaFosB as the "master switch" that rewires the brain's memory and reward circuits, driving chronic cocaine addiction and relapse.

In Philadelphia, over 1,170 people died of opioid overdoses in 2022, the last year for which complete data is available. More than 300 more died just over the bridge in Camden County. Research ...

In a clinical landscape where traditional addiction treatment programs struggle with sobering relapse rates, one physician is quietly achieving what many experts considered impossible: an 80% sobriety ...

In 2013, Jowita Bydlowska released her groundbreaking memoir Drunk Mom, an unflinching account of how new motherhood sparked ...

CAPE ELIZABETH (NEWS CENTER Maine) – The opioid crisis touches every person in our state, either directly or indirectly. While jail or death are two of the outcomes we most frequently hear about for ...

Drug addiction, a disease that takes hundreds of lives in Palm Beach County every year, is often misunderstood and mistreated. That's slowly changing, but experts say much is yet to be done. Private ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neuroscientists are investigating how and when hormones affect the risk for relapse to prescription opioids.