After becoming sober, the body follows a timeline healing: liver regeneration, blood pressure drops, cancer risk reduction and sleep recovery. A doctor explains.

Quitting alcohol after long-term dependency is far more complex than willpower alone. A US-based physician explains how ...

Long-term consumption of alcohol makes the brain adapt to its constant presence. Quitting out of the blue disrupts the ...

Alcohol significantly impacts health, contributing to poor sleep, mood symptoms, high blood pressure and heart disease, liver disease, and cancer. Quitting alcohol can help prevent or manage many ...

Post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) and PTSD share many of the same symptoms. Getting it right when treating addiction increases patients' chances of lasting recovery.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than one-third of patients found to have alcohol withdrawal syndrome after surgery progressed to delirium ...

The new study found the answer to helping people get through alcohol withdrawal may lie in a region of the brain known as the cerebellum. In mice experiencing withdrawal, scientists were able to ease ...

What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and wellbeing? A new study from Scripps Research offers an important clue: a small midline brain ...

Background: GABAergic anticonvulsants have been recommended for the treatment of alcohol dependence and the prevention of relapse. Several studies have demonstrated topiramate's efficacy in improving ...

Emerging research reveals that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) may have increased pain sensitivity/hyperalgesia when withdrawing from addictive substances ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...