Consider someone addicted to alcohol, drugs, or a behavior like gambling. Why do they continue, even when they say they want ...

Sugar addiction can be harder to beat than alcohol due to its brain impact and hidden presence in foods we consume daily.

Psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are gaining increasing attention in ...

Substance use disorders (SUDs) accelerate biological aging in the brain through substance-specific molecular mechanisms.

Researchers at the University of Houston and the University of Cincinnati are using machine learning to create a clearer ...

Studies have shown that specific brain circuits—those tied to addiction, self-control, memory, and sensory perception—are all involved in eating behavior. These circuits include areas such as ...

More young workers are growing dependent on AI tools. One found relief by going cold turkey.

This apparent contradiction aligns with clinical definitions of addiction and with brain disease models, which suggest that repeated substance use changes brain function, making drug use ...

This apparent contradiction aligns with of addiction and with brain disease models , which suggest that repeated substance use changes brain function, making drug use compulsive and automatic ...

This apparent contradiction aligns with clinical definitions of addiction and with brain disease models, which suggest that repeated substance use changes brain function, making drug use compulsive ...