Drug addiction is a condition in which there is uncontrolled use of a substance with a harmful outcome. Drugs overstimulate the brain’s reward circuit, producing pleasure or euphoria. With repeated ...

Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a message, and when you throw emoji in the mix things get even more complicated. A " " or " ️" are easy to understand ...

It can occur with prescription or nonprescription drugs. It can also range from mild to severe. Substance use disorder, formerly known as “drug abuse,” develops when substance use interferes ...

Activist Jolovan Wham was charged on 3 February with five counts of attending public assemblies without a permit, related to vigils held for drug traffickers executed between 2022 and 2023. Wham’s ...

Objectives We systematically reviewed the literature to identify evidence-informed recommendations regarding the detection of drug-induced pancreatitis (DIP) and, secondarily, to describe clinical ...

The line-up features TV presenter Patrick Grant and Michelin star chef Tom Kerridge among others. The former couple faces a lawsuit from a woman who worked for the couple in New Zealand. The items ...

The authors surveyed nearly 350 people about how many attempts it took to quit a substance before they were finally able to maintain their sobriety - revealing which drugs could be the most addicting.

A few decades ago, American literature came in limited flavours. There was African-American, Southern, Jewish, and sometimes Italian. Irish was rare. The House on Mango Street helped cement ...

This is especially true for the emoji we use to express love … or is it passion? Heartbreak, maybe? Truth is, there’s a surprising range of heart emoji meanings. To get the scoop, we spoke ...

Criticism over how the Chinese government buys drugs for its public health care system has ignited frustration over the quality of medicine. By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from ...

It’s time to move on from treating heroin as Europe’s main drug problem, according to the head of the European Union’s drugs agency. That’s not to say heroin isn’t still a major problem.

C&EN’s tabulation follows approvals from the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; therefore, it does not include blood products, gene therapies, vaccines, and other therapies that ...