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Addiction is a chronic disease that can destroy the lives of individuals and their families. Researchers are teasing apart the complex neural, genetic and behavioural factors…

A major overhaul of the grant and peer review system at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research is underway. But will finances and objections from researchers…

There are signs that strategies to address prescription drug abuse are starting to work but will an increase in illegal drug use be the payoff? Prescription…

In Maine, indigenous tribes have severed ties with the state. There are no border guards when you cross the bridge from the tiny village of Princeton,…

Human tendency to seek patterns leads to misperception of randomness. Habitual gamblers are more likely to believe they see patterns in random sequences of events, and…

An international group of health care systems has begun a year-long project to gather and share data on how to design systems to improve patient safety.…