One of Kentucky’s largest for-profit residential addiction care treatment providers, which has been the subject of an FBI investigation for more than a year, is being sold, administrators confirmed ...

What's really driving your late night screen addiction? Many of us know the feeling: It’s late, you’re exhausted, and yet you find yourself scrolling endlessly on your phone. What starts as a quick ...

Much in the same way humans can become addicted to online gaming or internet gambling, dogs can become addicted to their toys. That's the finding of new research that examined the behaviors of 105 ...

A popular class of therapies for treating diabetes and obesity may also have the potential to treat alcohol and drug addiction, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...

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 ...

The first Americans to grow up surrounded by ultra-processed foods were Generation X and the younger Baby Boomers. As kids and young adults, they were immersed in products engineered to be ...

Today’s questioner asks, “What is addiction? Is it always a problem, or only when it’s harmful things like drugs or alcohol?” Let’s start with what addiction is not: iit’s not chemical dependency.

Researchers warn that ultraprocessed food has left a lasting imprint on older Americans, especially women, linking addictive eating to poorer physical and mental health. Study: Ultra-processed food ...

Tales of alcohol- and drug-fueled-debauchery are as common in music as playing guitar, whether it be onstage antics (Jim Morrison, Ozzy), the trashing of a hotel room (Rolling Stones, Rick James, Sid ...

As she continues to hunt for a new man following her divorce from David Harbour, singer Lily Allen has reportedly described herself as a “recovering addict” and “raging codependent” on the celebrity ...

Sex and love addiction is not an official psychiatric diagnosis. Instead, it is a colloquial (slang or informal) term used to describe a compulsive preoccupation with romantic relationships that ...