Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...

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 feed doesn’t start with what users like. It learns what holds them. Each scroll, pause, or replay feeds the system more data. In a new analysis of tens of thousands of viewing sessions, ...

Researchers at Scripps identified a brain circuit in the paraventricular thalamus that links alcohol use to relief from withdrawal stress, explaining relapse and pointing to potential treatments for ...

What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and well-being? A new study from Scripps Research offers an important clue: a small midline brain ...

Young adult "night owls" (or "evening types"—those who prefer to stay up late) are significantly more at risk of developing problematic relationships with smartphones and social media, according to a ...

akistan is currently struggling against a public health challenge of a dual nature—the persistence of communicable diseases alongside the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This “double ...

Alcohol addiction is a disease that plagues many people throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, 209 million people in the world live with alcohol dependence. In 2024, the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (7News) — Early voting is underway in Virginia's high stakes governor's race, which is drawing national attention. Democratic frontrunner Abigail Spanberger, former Congresswoman for ...

One day you're the cool elder who gets it, the next you're lecturing a barista about work ethic while the entire coffee shop pretends not to notice. The scary part isn't getting older; it's becoming ...

Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular when a person cannot stop these behaviors despite experiencing negative ...