Addiction & Recovery

Contemplating a new love can reduce pain by activating the same brain region that processes addictions and analgesic drugs. Cynthia Graber reports

Pigeons chose a big payoff option that only hit 20 percent of the time over a small payoff that had better returns in the long run. Karen Hopkin reports

Women who followed weight, exercise and alcohol consumption guidelines had about the same lowered risk for getting breast cancer, even if they had a strong family history of the disease

Psychologists have started testing augmented reality as an enhanced form of virtual reality therapy for specific phobias

Cannabis composition determines effects on the brain.

A new book explores the many ways in which common chemicals--and other outside influences--encountered in the womb can impact lifelong development

Subjects with an average age of 62 had trouble avoiding an obstacle placed on a treadmill after consuming even small amounts of alcohol. Cynthia Graber reports

A recent review of studies on intoxication has determined that we are very bad at determining just how drunk someone is. Christie Nicholson reports

Do graphic warning labels on cigarette packages really deter people from lighting up?

An illicit drug shows promise as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder