Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high ...

Physical exercise is one of the main recommendations for maintaining good health. However, when practiced compulsively and ...

As more Americans receive treatment for opioid use disorder, that progress is increasingly showing up in the operating room, ...

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling has found that an immune system protein plays a central role in the ...

There are medications that help people addicted to opioids stop using these powerful drugs and avoid a potentially deadly overdose. But fewer than 15% of patients who could benefit receive them.

Promising new research suggests one zen activity could cut the time of opioid withdrawal in half — and it can be done just ...

A new study from a team of researchers in Canada is offering one of the largest portraits to date of global smartphone use. Surveying thousands of people across nearly 200 countries the study found ...

At the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, scientists are eager to explore whether a psychedelic chemical found in a toad could help people whose depression has not eased with typical ...

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

Gambling addiction has soared since the legalization of sports betting in most American states, reveals a new study. Researchers found a “dramatic” increase in sports betting and gambling addiction ...