Unsurprisingly, for people with an addiction, craving can affect their decision-making, Icahn School of Medicine confirmed – but how craving affects a decision can depend on what’s at stake. “If we get insight into what the brain mechanisms surrounding craving…
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How stress drives alcohol-seeking
Texas A&M University found a direct connection inside the brain that links stress to addiction‑related behaviors. The work shows how alcohol disrupts the natural stress‑response system, making it harder for the brain to adapt or make good decisions.
Eric Clapton’s Guitar Festival 2026
Eric Clapton announced the return after a 3-year absence of his Crossroads Guitar Festival, set for 26-27 September at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. The 2026 edition marks the 7th festival and celebrates the 28th anniversary of the 1998…
Over half of Washington clinicians treat cannabis patients
University of Washington identified 4 common and concerning findings: 70% of clinicians reported treating patients for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, 65% identified patients with cannabis-use disorder, 63% percent identified patients with anxiety related to cannabis use, and 53% identified patients with…
US poison centers: kratom calls soar
Calls to poison centers about kratom increased over 1,200% between 2015-2025, with a corresponding rise in hospitalizations, University of Virginia revealed. Poison experts called for increased scrutiny of kratom, and public health education campaigns to highlight that using kratom can…
Study of 6million people could rewrite how we understand mental health
By examining genetic data from over 6million people in Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders, an international group of scientists supervised by MIT and Harvard uncovered evidence of how 14 psychiatric conditions can be connected, including substance use disorders,…
Who has highest breast-cancer risk?
Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among females worldwide – particularly for overweight middle-aged women who drink alcohol. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2023, numerous research institutions updated…
Driving and ‘medicinal’ cannabis
Tom Arkell of Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology explains in The Conversation that THC negatively impacts cognitive functions, such as attention and memory, impairs driving in a simulator and in the real world on a highway. THC effects on driving are roughly comparable…
MPs told of black market weight-loss drugs
Many people accessing weight loss medicines through unregulated online sources ‘don’t know’ that they’re buying from the black market, the Health and Social Care Committee heard. “We cannot arrest our way out of this. It is about educating the public,”…
