New website, TrueWeed.org, launches a broad initiative to empower young people to make healthy, science-based decisions about ...

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Yet another junk epidemiological study claims that "ultra-processed" foods are addictive. The research is little more than a ...

Mental health conditions, like anxiety and depression, currently affect about one in five people nationwide, making them one ...

William Stoehr is a prominent artist whose sister died of an overdose. Dr. Nora Volkow is the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health. Together, the ...

Given more freedom, the models escalated their bets until they lost everything, mimicking the behavior of human problem ...

In a recent National Public Radio show on WBUR Radio Boston, Dr. Lance Dodes discussed his new book which attempts to debunk the science related to the effectiveness of 12-step mutual-help programs, ...

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 ...

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 ...

They found that 33 dogs exhibited addictive-like behaviors. In the dogs, this included being excessively fixated on their toy ...