Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways ... a neuroscientist at the University of British Columbia, has discovered that a medication that blocks a dopamine receptor can reduce risky ...

UBC has partnered with US-based Coursera to offer genetics, computer science and climate literacy courses online--bringing the university ... Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Ohio State, University of ...

Wendy Cocchia is sworn in as British Columbia's 31st lieutenant governor ... From the worlds of medicine and science, we mourn dermatologist Dr. Alastair Carruthers and sports medicine’s Dr ...

according to the findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Online sportsbooks had a “substantially greater” impact on gambling addiction help-seeking than traditional brick-and-mortar ...

That's among the key findings in a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine ... mostly online, coinciding with record-breaking demand for help with gambling addiction as millions seek help ...

Online searches for gambling addiction-related terms have surged in recent years across the U.S., especially in states that have legalized online sports betting, according to a study published on ...

A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to more ... This one medicine doubled these patients’ likelihood of staying the course and greatly improved their odds of ...

While online searches for gambling addiction help had declined or stabilized in 2020 as the Covid pandemic halted sporting events, the searches increased year over year since 2021, when 32 states ...

The Comprehensive Addiction Risk Evaluation System, or CARES, uses your genetic information and details about your past – ...

Though more research is needed to understand who might benefit from GLP-1 agonists for addiction, early studies suggest that the approach holds promise.

But the neurobiology of addiction is complex, says Mohammad Sarhan, MD, an addiction medicine physician at Caron Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Centers. As a result, "the exact mechanism of ...