Addiction Arena

  It can damage the kidneys, liver and the stomach lining and can lead to psychosis. Once in the body, chemical reactions turn GBL into now ...

Eight American soldiers died of overdoses involving heroin, morphine or other opiates during deployments in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011, ac...

Myth: Salt in your diet causes high blood pressure In the 1940s, Walter Kempner, a researcher at Duke University, North Carolina, became fam...

Archaeologists recently found a 2,700-year-old pot stash, so we know humans have been smoking weed for thousands of years. But it was only a...

  A study of mobile phone calls suggests that women call their spouse more than any other person. That changes as their daughters become ol...

Type in "sex tourism" and "Brazil" in Google, and the first site that comes up is not a news report or academic study, b...

  They don't spread disease and they can't be sold into sex slavery. Those are just two of the advantages of robot prostitutes, whi...

  SURF AIR, a Californian start-up, has a novel business model: for a monthly fee you can fly with the airline as much as you want. Is buffe...

It evolved in humans along with intelligence to make them more adept at avoiding danger. A study of 42 people found the worst sufferers of a...

  Dieters often dismiss them because of their high fat content, but research suggests that snacking on nuts can help keep you slim. A study...

These days, virtually everyone owns a computer, smart-phone, or mobile device. Digital interaction is an integral part of our everyday routi...

Can food really be as addictive as drugs? In an impassioned lecture at Rockefeller University on Wednesday, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the...

  Eating strawberries, blueberries, blackcurrants and blackberries, which are rich in flavonoids, could reduce the risk of Parkinson's d...

  A ban on tobacco displays is coming into force in England - with ministers promising it will help curb the number of young people taking u...

We put so much energy into resisting what has happened in our lives. The more resistance, the greater the pain we experience. The more res...

  The research team, headed by Kelly, studied 1,726 adults who were participating in a randomized, controlled trial of psychosocial treatmen...

The rejection of Vatican II by the Catholic Church 50 years ago did more than change the lives of millions of practicing Catholics, it also ...

Ever since my first days as a doctor, forty years ago, people have asked for answers. A medical treatment was what they wanted, but the reas...

Sales of the two most popular prescription painkillers in the United States have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press a...

CONVICTED drug smuggler Schapelle Corby last night said she was "too scared to get my hopes up" after Indonesia's Justice and ...