‘It is hijacking my brain’ – a team of experts found ways to help young people addicted to social media to cut the craving

You can free yourself from some of the time you spend online in as little as four weeks.

Nicholas Hunkins, Researcher in Data Science, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Feb. 15, 2024 • ~9 min

How modern casinos got their start

A new book explores the rise of the casino as we know it today, including the new language that emerged from the invention of the casino.

Anna Varela - Georgia State • futurity
Feb. 7, 2024 • ~5 min

Cutting homelessness could reduce opioid overdose deaths

"If you want to make progress fighting the opioid epidemic, tackling homelessness is one route to do that."

Leigh Beeson-U. Georgia • futurity
Feb. 6, 2024 • ~6 min

Compound may treat neuropathic pain without opioids

Researchers have taken a key step forward to a new, non-opioid approach to treating neuropathic pain.

Esther Robards-Forbes - UT Austin • futurity
Jan. 31, 2024 • ~5 min

Popularly known as ‘gas station heroin,’ tianeptine is being sold as a dietary supplement – with deadly outcomes

Tianeptine is dangerous as an active ingredient, but the products containing it have no quality control and could be contaminated with metals, microorganisms or other undisclosed drugs.

C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut • conversation
Jan. 29, 2024 • ~9 min

Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction's effects

Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of addiction can change how researchers and clinicians approach treatments.

Karla Kaun, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University • conversation
Jan. 22, 2024 • ~8 min

Overdose prevention centers don’t lead to more crime

Overdose prevention centers are not associated with significant changes in crime, a new analysis finds.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Nov. 14, 2023 • ~6 min

Stigma opioid-dependent moms feel affects baby’s health care

The stigma and shame opioid-dependent mothers may feel can affect the health care their infants receive, researchers report.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Nov. 7, 2023 • ~6 min

To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature

This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors.

Debra J. Rosenthal, Professor of English, John Carroll University • conversation
Oct. 26, 2023 • ~5 min

How much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?

Up to 50% of US teens feel they are addicted to their devices. But help is out there.

Natalia Szura, Research Assistant in Psychiatry, Wayne State University • conversation
Oct. 23, 2023 • ~8 min

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