Could drugs like Mounjaro treat people with cannabis use disorder? They might. Preliminary research indicates they may stop ...

Implications for addiction treatment in humans The study helps to confirm that our gut, via the vagus nerve, plays a direct and essential role in how we experience reward and motivation. However, ...

A growing movement claims social media is “addictive,” and lawmakers are treating it as settled science. But the evidence is ...

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Harold Lewis has been fighting drug addiction for years, but only recently started thinking recovery could be fun. The 59-year-old former cook earned small prizes — candy, gum, gift cards, sunglasses ...

A new study is challenging one of neuroscience’s most enduring ideas: that the brain’s reward system exists to make us feel good. Instead, researchers argue that it is built to optimize energy.