The kinds of cravings and addictions that exist in the world are numerous—from "soft" addictions like shopping and food bingeing to the more risky addictions like sex, drugs, and gambling. The thing ...

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) can help rewire the brain's response to natural healthy pleasure, leading to ...

For hundreds of years, craving has been recognized as a central causal feature of addiction and relapse in overeating, gambling, and other addictions. But what causes craving, how one ends cravings, ...

For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures a vivid mental image and drives behavior. This ...

Among individuals with substance use disorders, clinical outcomes may be improved by identifying brain-behavior models that predict drug re/lapse vulnerabilities such as the ability to regulate drug ...

This article is brought to you by Ochsner Health. Addiction can be a scary word, and not one to take lightly. It’s never a good feeling when our cravings, desires or impulses are seemingly out of our ...

New research into brain activity shows that falling in love can activate regions linked to reward, motivation, and craving, ...

GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may reduce alcohol intake and other addictive behaviours as well as appetite. Researchers think the lateral septum, a brain region involved in reward and memory, ...

People taking GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide for diabetes or obesity showed lower rates of new alcohol and ...

Addiction can be a scary word, and not one to take lightly. It’s never a good feeling when our cravings, desires or impulses are seemingly out of our control, especially when that feeling is laced ...