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From meditation to molecular science, addiction treatment is being reinvented. See how new breakthroughs are giving hope for recovery.

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People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to modulate brain activity and cravings and improve ...

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