Listening to your favorite music activates the brain's opioid system with pleasurable and analgesic effects. A Finnish study revealed ...

Fear and anxiety help defend us against harm, and are largely controlled via neural circuits of interconnected nerve cells and synaptic activity in the brain's amygdala that allow neurons to pass ...

Feeling good doesn't just lift our mood—it also helps us stay flexible and resilient. A new study by an international team of neuroscientists shows that natural brain opioids released after rewards ...

A new Finnish research reveals how brain's opioids modulate responses towards other people's pain. Recent results obtained by researchers from Turku PET Centre and Aalto University have revealed how ...

University of Iowa researchers in the Carver College of Medicine discovered a commonly used drug could treat opioid use ...

Some medicines that are unrelated to maintaining brain health can also impact the organ following chronic usage. Dr ...

Researchers report that acetazolamide prevented adverse brain changes caused by cocaine withdrawal in mice, suggesting the approved drug could be repurposed to target relapse-related pathways.

An existing drug currently used to treat glaucoma, altitude sickness, and seizures may also have ...

The opioid epidemic is devastating America. Overdoses have passed car crashes and gun violence to become the leading cause of death for Americans under 55. The epidemic has killed more people than HIV ...

Plant City, Florida - February 18, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - A newly released educational resource examines what laudanum ...

When people overdose on opioids, whether they wake up on their own or are revived by Narcan, many doctors assume they are fully recovered. This is a mistake because hypoxia (insufficient oxygen to the ...

Dear Doctors: I am going to have a major abdominal surgery. My doctor says it is likely that I will be needing strong pain medications after. My question is about opioids: How long can you take them ...