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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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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 ...