When considering the drugs most likely to cause former addicts to repeatedly relapse, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine ...

Prescription weight loss drugs have been lauded as the miracle drug for treating diabetes and obesity, but new research suggests that these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) ...

Researchers identify PV neurons in the prefrontal cortex as the gatekeepers of drug addiction relapse, offering a new target for precision treatment.

Drug addiction poses a global public health challenge, with limited therapeutic options and modest efficacy. While numerous studies have shown that social status profoundly impacts mental health and ...

What’s driving the permanent crisis of drug addiction? To express the ambient feeling that “things are getting worse,” there exists, of course, a meme. It plots iterations of a chart, and on its ...

Using GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can help to manage those pesky food cravings, but they might be doing something even more groundbreaking ...

Nebraska researchers are focusing on the special challenges of preventing and treating drug abuse and addiction in rural ...

By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, March 12, GNA – Mrs Daniella Mawusi Ntow-Sarpong, the Chief Fire Officer, Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), has urged the youth to stay away from drugs and make ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that drugs known as GLP‑1 receptor agonists appear to reduce the risk of substance-use disorders and serious harms linked to ...