Genomic analyses reveal that addiction risk is influenced by both shared behavioral traits and specific biological factors, ...

For decades, the face of addiction was painted with a broad, mostly male brush. Rough around the edges. Down and out. That narrow image lets a lot of women slip through the cracks, especially ...

Mark Zuckerberg was in court last month testifying in a lawsuit brought by school boards, parents, and minors claiming that Instagram is designed to addict children. There is an underlying problem, ...

Lurking beneath today’s raft of social media addiction lawsuits blaming platforms for harming minors are three broad public policy concerns. These frets could easily affect corporate liability in ...

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A: Recovering from addiction to drugs and alcohol can be extremely challenging, particularly because most addictions include physical, psychological and social aspects. However, with the right ...

Most gambling addicts that arrive in treatment programs are eventually diagnosed with another underlying mental health problem, or comorbidity. Gambling addiction rarely develops alone. A new ...

(The Conversation) – A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He ...

Using GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can help to manage those pesky food cravings, but they might be doing something even more ...