Tens of millions of Americans engage in a taboo habit that scientists have warned could pose risks to cognitive health.

Nicolette Natale, D.O., whose areas of expertise include the treatment of substance abuse disorders. Courtesy Nicolette Natale, D.O. According to ...

The state's new law marks one of the largest government investments into psychedelics to date, with advocates citing the drug ...

Specifically, the study failed to show that consumption of an ultra-processed food beverage acted on the brain like other addictive drugs and did not trigger a measurable amount of dopamine release ...

Texas has moved to fund research into ibogaine, a psychedelic drug that may help treat addiction, depression and brain ...

Brain scans reveal compulsive shopping activates the same reward pathways as drug addiction. Nearly one-third of people in ...

Now, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Burke Neurological Institute may have found a solution. They have ...

The state’s governor signed legislation to allow clinical trials of a psychedelic drug that shows promise for veterans in ...

Scientists have long known that psychedelics like LSD can help the brain grow new connections. These drugs promote something ...

The program opens a new door to veterans suffering addiction, depression, trauma and chronic pain — and who have been ...

A new study reveals that the brain rapidly rewires itself to map rewarding experiences like food, even when the location of those rewards changes.