Scientists don’t yet fully understand how GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic affect the brain’s reward pathways, but there are ...

GLP-1 medications may quiet the brain signals behind addiction, reducing substance use disorders and overdose risk across ...

Al-Aly and his colleagues found that people starting the GLP-1 drugs had lower risks of developing addiction to multiple ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have long helped people eat less — now, they’re showing promise in helping people crave less. A new analysis of records from over 600,000 diabetic veterans found that GLP-1 ...

Prescription weight loss drugs have been lauded as the miracle drug for treating diabetes and obesity, but new research suggests that these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) ...

Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...

A Slate Belt woman has been making excursions for the last year to drug-infested areas of Philadelphia. Equipped with clothing, food and medical supplies, Lisa Lipyanic of Wind Gap tries to help ...

Scientists identify the protein DeltaFosB as the "master switch" that rewires the brain's memory and reward circuits, driving chronic cocaine addiction and relapse.

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