Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol.

In Philadelphia, over 1,170 people died of opioid overdoses in 2022, the last year for which complete data is available. More than 300 more died just over the bridge in Camden County. Research ...

A new study highlights how the brain learns to keep alcohol addiction going, not for pleasure but to escape withdrawal stress.

Addiction is a multifaceted problem. We could spend all day looking at variables that go into addiction and its treatment. Every clean and sober person has a different story as to how they got clean ...

This month is National Recovery Month, and it’s a good time to focus a spotlight on the realities of life for so many people in our community: those struggling from addiction. The face of addiction ...

As opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. rose dramatically from 2014 to today, both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, cemented reputations as hotspots of the crisis. In Philadelphia, ...

Jessica Loweth receives funding from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation for Primary Care Research and has previously received funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Daniel Manvich ...