To learn more about the biology underlying cocaine addiction, researchers analyzed almost 900 rats to map the genetic basis ...

A new study published in Addiction has identified genetic factors that influence both a person's risk of developing an addiction and their educational attainment. Researchers found that some genetic ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have completed a massive genetic study that identifies key biological ...

Recently I found myself at a Writers’ Festival in Sydney Australia, extremely jet-lagged, flogging my book, doing radio interviews a couple of times a day... And the same question kept coming up: Is ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have completed a massive genetic study that identifies key biological drivers of cocaine addiction, uncovering a potential new target for ...

Physicians and public health advocates are urging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke its approval of AvertD to predict the potential for opioid addiction and said the decision was ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process rewards, regulate impulses and weigh consequences – not from genes that ...

A study explored how genes shape a person’s predisposition to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and opioid use disorders. The findings published in Nature Mental Health reveal how the brain’s wiring is a ...

Researchers say results present “a concrete target to test whether changing how cocaine is metabolized can blunt the drive ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

Discovered: looking at violent images is unhealthy; a smart carpet; the gene that could be responsible for Internet addiction; infrared camera finds public drunks. Camera locates drunks in public.