This naturally occurring substance, derived from an African shrub, has been used to treat PTSD, brain trauma, depression, ...

Ibogaine is used in Mexico and the Caribbean to treat depression, anxiety, addiction and brain trauma.

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, to discuss addiction as a brain disorder, treatments for ...

An international research team led by the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) has shown that the cerebellum, contrary to what was thought, fulfils functions that go beyond the motor sphere and can be ...

Nebraska researchers are focusing on the special challenges of preventing and treating drug abuse and addiction in rural areas. Scientists are studying a host of issues among people who depend on ...

Experts say South Africa's contradictory approach to drugs — treating addiction as both a disease and a crime — is fuelling a ...

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) receptor ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The ADHD brain is different, not faulty. The ADHD system can set a person up for addiction. Dopamine levels are the key to ...