According to the World Health Organization, over 3 million people die each year because of alcohol. It also contributes to ...

Addiction science is increasingly looking beyond clinics to technologies we already wear on our wrists. A recent trial ...

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

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series titled “New Challenges for Health Care.” The series of articles focuses on emerging issues that are facing decision makers at provider ...

Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...

Quitting smartphone addiction is good for mental and physical health. But how do you do it? Here are some of the best science-based methods.We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, ...

Many studies over the past 25 years have shown that high-sugar and other highly pleasurable foods —often foods that are ultraprocessed —act on these brain networks in ways that are similar to other ...

Addiction is typically characterized as a disease by experts and government officials. Yet, unlike most known diseases, the treatment of addiction is not based on scientific evidence nor is it ...