4. Long-Term Brain Impairment: Increased Risk of Mental Health Issues Addiction doesn’t just affect emotions—it physically changes the brain.

Maintaining abstinence from a cocaine addiction is not easy to do, and relapse rates are high. However, new insight into the neurochemical activity of the brain could help guide future treatment.

Internet addiction is associated with disrupted signaling in brain regions important for functions such as managing attention, a new study of teens has found.

Opioids cause wanted and unwanted effects on the brain. This can include effects like confusion and sedation, and long-term effects like depression.

Drug addiction, spanning from alcohol and marijuana to cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin shows surprisingly similar effects in the addicted brain, according to a new review ...

"Addiction causes hundreds of changes in the structure of the brain, in the chemistry of the brain, in the pathways that send nerve signals so that cells communicate with each other," Smith explained.

A growing body of research shows that addiction is a complex brain disease that affects people differently. But the research also raises hopes about potential treatments.

MINNEAPOLIS — HBO is launching a huge multimedia project on addiction this week that includes a 90-minute documentary, 13 half-hour segments, four hourlong documentaries, a book, a Web site ...

How sugar and fat affect your brain Much of our food is increasingly manufactured to be irresistible to us. Experts say this trend has long-term health consequences.

How internet addiction may affect your teen’s brain, according to a new study The Good Brigade/Digital Vision/Getty Images/File via CNN Newsource By CNN Newsource Published June 4, 2024 11:00 am ...

A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding that for teens diagnosed with internet addiction, signaling between brain regions important for controlling attention, working memory ...