Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

If you need to break a social media addiction, or spend less time checking your phone, it's important to set limits and hold yourself accountable.

Places like Minnesota Recovery Connection can help to provide the support people need as they walk their roads to recovery.

TikTok’s algorithm studies every scroll and pause, turning fleeting curiosity into sustained habit through precise behavioral ...

Researchers at Scripps identified a brain circuit in the paraventricular thalamus that links alcohol use to relief from ...

Scientists have identified a tiny brain circuit in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) that keeps alcohol users ...

Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular ...

Frank Dillane, starring as a recovering addict in London, elevates this character study, Harris Dickinson’s feature directing debut.

A new study claims that “ultra-processed food addiction” affects one in eight older adults. But how solid is the science ...

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