We now know that chronic substance use—of both alcohol and drugs—actually changes the chemistry and structure of the brain. That sounds serious, and it is, but there are some positives and some ...

This is your brain on drugs — and it’s not good. A new study billed as the “largest of its kind” used brain imaging technology to examine the effects of recent and lifetime cannabis use on 1,000 ...

I’ve been staring at my computer screen for the better part of an hour trying to come up with a topic for this column, but my brain is still fried from spending all last week in Jackson covering the ...

Does using alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis engender addiction by changing the structure of brains, or does the structure of brains incline some people toward using those substances? In standard brain ...

I grew up on a small farm in central Pennsylvania with a small herd of cattle, pigs and chickens, but my folks weren’t real farmers. My father was an insurance agent and my mother a homemaker. This ...

Imagine that you have two adorable pets: a dog named Harley and a cat named Lucy. They had been abused and were in bad shape when you rescued them from an animal shelter, but you’ve nursed them back ...

Your heart pounds, thoughts obsess over one person, and rational thinking flies out the window. Love doesn’t just feel like a drug – your brain literally processes it like one. Understanding this ...

Medications targeting the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor have been used for decades to treat diabetes, but more recently have revolutionized obesity pharmacotherapies. During this webinar, ...

Editor's note: This is the fourth of five stories the Telegram is running this week to highlight Education Week. COLUMBUS - Flipping the switch on the overhead projector, Officer Gilbert Maschmeier of ...