Scientists have found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids. Our brains, even in adulthood, continually adapt to what ...

A huge problem in our country is that most of the people whom we trust to provide addiction treatment are poorly qualified or unqualified. The biggest group of these are people without any ...

Object recognition software is used by law enforcement to help identify suspects, by self-driving cars to navigate roadways and by many consumers to unlock their cell phones or pay for their morning ...

Researchers have applied object recognition technology to track changes in brain cell structure and provide new insights into how the brain responds to heroin use, withdrawal and relapse. Object ...

The drive to drink for someone with alcohol addiction often transforms from a pursuit of pleasure to a desperate need to escape the profound discomfort of withdrawal. New research has now identified a ...

There’s also an explosive escalation of online gambling, particularly sports betting, that is raising the stakes for the development of new behavioural addictions. Last year, the South African ...