A drug most often prescribed for diabetes and obesity might soon be prescribed to curb one of the world’s hardest to quit ...

The Drug Education Council is putting their heads together to help students think smarter about brain health. Standing 12 ...

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that may explain why people recovering from drug addiction often relapse.

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in ...

The CDC just launched a campaign, “Free Mind,” to teach youth about the connections between substance use and mental health. Allison Arwady, MD, MPH, director of the CDC's National Center for Injury ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers are reporting the first treatment to speed recovery from severe brain injuries caused by falls and car crashes: a cheap flu medicine whose side benefits were discovered by ...

Patients who have taken the drug in clinical trials report remarkable results, including their tumours shrinking.