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Rewiring Addiction

Season 1 Episode 7 | 27m 06s

Ali Rezai believes he can rewire the addicted brain without a scalpel. Using focused ultrasound aimed at the brain’s reward center, his West Virginia team has helped patients battling decades of heroin addiction and binge eating silence the cravings that once ruled their lives. Miles O’Brien meets the patients, families, and scientists chasing a treatment that sounds almost too good to be true.

Aired: 09/08/26 | Expires: 10/07/26
Made possible in part by support provided by Sue Hart-Wadley and Searle Wadley with additional support from Jerry Cox.
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