For patients with psychiatric conditions from addiction to mood disorders such as depression, disrupted sleep can often ...

This, combined with new knowledge of how environmental, genetic and developmental factors contribute to addiction, should bring about changes in our approach to the prevention and treatment of ...

A popular misconception is that addiction is a result of low willpower. But an explosion of knowledge and technology in the ...

Some current models of addiction emphasize the causative role of individual variations in biology or genes that make a substance or experience feel more or less pleasurable. Many models of ...

(Credit: Gene Bowen) But two years later Bowen was ... Bowen was hesitant because of his history of addiction, knowing that it would be all too easy to relapse on the road. But with the support ...

Danish biotech company Enduro Genetics has secured €12 million in Series A funding for a new patented "synthetic addiction" ...

Genes might play a role in the risk of developing cannabis addiction and could be linked to an increased risk of developing several medical conditions, according to a new study. The study ...