Rutgers‑led study of 2.2 million people finds addiction risk is driven more by genes tied to impulse control and reward ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process rewards, regulate impulses and weigh consequences—not from genes that ...

TikTok Addiction Could Be Rooted In Anxiety, Not Willpower In A Nutshell People with high attachment anxiety, a persistent ...

GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (Ozempic) may offer unexpected mental health benefits alongside weight loss. A large study ...

A study of 627 Saudi university students found that higher social media addiction was associated with more anxiety and ...

Nicotine e-cigarettes have been found to be more effective than traditional methods in helping adults quit smoking, with quit ...

Why are short videos so addictive? New research links attachment anxiety and alexithymia to Short Video Addiction (SVA).

The 2026 U.S. Dept. of Defense (DoD) Appropriations bill directs annual funding to study gambling addiction, marking the first time since 1997 that a federal agency has been funded and tasked with ...

GLP-1 agonist medications such as Ozempic have been game changers in the treatment of obesity and diabetes. Recently, a new study found evidence that Ozempic may be a promising medicine for ...

A new study from the Wisconsin Police Forum suggests that most county jails and state prisons have significantly expanded ...