Young teens who use cannabis are more likely to be frequent users than people who start later, according to a study in JAMA ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising benefit of the acne drug doxycycline: it may lower the risk of schizophrenia. Teens ...

Starting substance use early—especially alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis—increases the likelihood of addiction later in life ( ...

Recent studies have found earlier teen cannabis use significantly increases risks for serious health problems in adulthood. Best goal: Delay or prevent cannabis use in adolescents.

Scientists may have found a new use for the ‘broad-spectrum’ antibiotic commonly used to treat infections and acne ...

A new large-scale, open data resource from the Perelman School of Medicine and collaborators helps researchers link brain ...

Research on adults who take S.S.R.I.s shows they tamp down sexual desire. Why aren’t we studying what that could mean for ...

The theory that marijuana use can negatively—and potentially permanently—rewire the brain up until a person reaches the age ...

Effective treatment of drug addiction is still a challenging task since scientists are yet to come across definitive clues about the exact psychological and biological mechanisms that make people ...

A collaborative team led by psychiatrist Theodore D. Satterthwaite and postdoctoral fellow Golia Shafiei of the University of Pennsylvania has developed Reproducible Brain Charts, a large-scale, open ...

Teens prescribed the common antibiotic doxycycline were found to have a much lower risk of developing schizophrenia as adults.