Financial strain and food insecurity are drivers of accelerated biological heart aging, according to a recent study.

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

Addiction may not be solely driven by personal choice or social circumstances, as a new study by the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), ...

A research team led by the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has conducted a pioneering ...

A new study published in Addiction has identified genetic factors that influence both a person's risk of developing an addiction and their educational attainment. Researchers found that some genetic ...

Risk factors are things that raise your chances of getting a disease. There are different types of risk factors such as genetic, biological, lifestyle and exposure. For each person, a mix of these ...

Share on Pinterest Eye health may hold the key to predicting heart disease and aging risk, according to new research. PeopleImages/Getty Images Scientists have known for some time now that the eyes ...

OpenAI has upgraded the potential biological risk level for its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, implementing additional safeguards as a “precautionary approach.” The AI firm on Thursday ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...