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Mount Sinai Researchers Reveal Addiction Defects in the Brain

Researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital have released a study showing brain abnormalities common to heroin and cocaine addicts.

Can Ozempic Help With Other Addictions?

GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, are being tested as anti-addiction treatments.

Dysfunctional Displacement

One thing unites both behavioral and substance addictions: displacement.

Are All Addictions Alike?

A huge, new meta study found surprising similarities in the brain scans of all different types of substance abusers.

Eating Addiction

Not long ago, scientists believed food could not be addictive. Now the research is in, eating addiction is real, and there is hope for possible treatments.

Psychedelics + Psychotherapy = Brains Change Rapidly

New research indicates that the rechanneling of brain energy away from destructive addictions can be accelerated with a combination of psychotherapy and psychedelic substances.