Traditional addiction treatments have their uses, but some recovery centers have found that more holistic approaches may be more suitable for some patients ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

In America, it’s easier to get illegal opioids than to access proven medications to treat opioid addiction. Nearly 8 million people in the United States misuse opioids in a given year. Illicit opioids ...

For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who struggled with substance abuse could stop if they simply wanted to. But ...

A growing number of people in the United States are clinically addicted to ultraprocessed foods, studies have shown. Which ...

Mary started drinking regularly in the early nineties, when she was thirteen. Her father had recently married a Danish woman and moved the family to Denmark, which has one of the highest teen-drinking ...

A new review explores how GLP-1 receptor agonists may blunt alcohol and drug reward signals, opening a promising but still unproven path toward repurposed treatments for addiction. Review: The role of ...

Your endless scroll may be costing you more than just your time. New research shows it’s changing the way you think and make decisions. These days, almost everything is available in the form of quick, ...