Craving is known to be a key factor in substance use disorders and can increase the likelihood of future drug use or relapse. Yet its neural basis — or, how the brain gives rise to craving — is not ...

In my studies of addiction, the concept of cravings comes up often. Researchers talk of "wanting" versus "liking" of drugs and of the idea that cravings are a programmed response to environmental ...

What started out as a medication for diabetes and weight loss is offering something quite unexpected for many women. Experts ...

Craving is an intense desire to eat a specific food or food type that seems urgent and difficult to resist. “A person experiencing a craving may feel as if they cannot satisfy their hunger until they ...

Communication between regions of the brain is constantly in flux, but the neuroimaging technologies used to analyze these interactions typically provide only a snapshot representing several minutes’ ...

The chocolate bar calling your name from the vending machine. The pizza commercial that suddenly makes dinner plans irrelevant. The ice cream that becomes an obsession at 10 p.m. Food cravings ...

Some people may experience alcohol cravings when they stop drinking. A craving is an intense or urgent desire for something. A person may experience alcohol cravings for various reasons. These may ...

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 07: A woman smokes a cigarette of marijuana in an Amsterdam cafe on February 7, 2007 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city council in Amsterdam has recently voted in ...

A recent JAMA Network Open study investigated the efficacy and underlying neural mechanism of mindfulness meditation (MM) intervention for treating adults with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). IGD is ...

CITRUS HEIGHTS - Brain surgery being used to end binge cravings? A pilot study is underway that surgically implants a device in patients' brains to do just that. Citrus Heights' Robyn Baldwin is one ...