His decision to try the technique, called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), stemmed from dramatic advances in the science of addiction—and from his frustration with traditional treatments.

"When someone's in addiction they're in a different world; you tell yourself this web of lies" Dr Brian Pennie on 'Hooked' ...

Without hard data about drug use and mental health in America, leaders can create false narratives that cannot be ...

Podcast: Is there a single explanation that accounts for all addictive behaviors, or is the reality more complex? Under the ...

Dr JoHanna Ivers, Associate Professor in Addiction at Trinity College in Dublin, the only addiction specific academic post in ...

This four-part series explores the history of science fiction in the atomic age – the creation of the atomic bomb by ...

What the science says As more and more shopping has ... and the author of popular books about addiction. As a result, she says, “it suddenly becomes a problem for the masses”.

Addiction develops when your body needs larger dosages to produce the same results over time. The Science of Addiction to Nicotine The reward system in the brain is profoundly impacted by nicotine.

How can we treat and eventually eradicate addiction? Over recent decades, we have applied increasingly sophisticated science to understand addiction. Neuroimaging studies and post-mortem ...

Opioids mimic the body's natural pain relievers, binding to receptor proteins in the brain and sometimes inducing euphoria. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies.

The Little Gallery will be hosting an art gallery titled “Surfacing: the Science of Addiction Gallery”, which is a four-day ...