A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers at the University of Copenhagen has revealed that a drug created to treat diabetes and obesity could also hold promise in helping individuals overcome ...

New research shows that astrocytes play an active role in nicotine-induced brain changes, challenging the long-held neuron-centered view of addiction.

Nicotine addiction is a chronic illness, and reducing the massive burden of death and disease associated with it will require matching individual treatments to patients, along with the necessary ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CureApp, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kohta Satake) received regulatory authorization for the manufacturing and sale of Asia’s first therapeutics app, the “CureApp ...

They recruited 443 smokers to receive five telephone counseling sessions and nicotine replacement therapy by mail for four weeks, and then randomly assigned patients to one of two treatment groups: ...

Cannabis use did not reduce success in quitting nicotine vaping; varenicline helped young people quit regardless of use.

If you remember your first hit on a cigarette, you know how sickening nicotine can be. Yet, for many people, the rewards of nicotine outweigh the negative effects of high doses. University of ...

One of my 18-year-old patients beseeched me to write a post about vaping. He told me that he has tried to quit vaping nicotine on a few occasions and was dismayed to find that his addiction to ...

During her residency, Dr. Lena van der List encountered a young girl struggling to breathe with no signs of a typical respiratory illness. After several tests and examinations, the patient admitted ...