AI-driven relapse predictions could be a tool in the fight against opioid addiction. Find out how researchers used smartphone ...

New research from UC San Diego found that cannabis use among youth may be responsible for 13% of new cases of regular tobacco ...

The U.S. opioid crisis has varied in severity across the country, leading to extended debate about how and why it has spread.

There are medications that help people addicted to opioids stop using these powerful drugs and avoid a potentially deadly overdose. But fewer than 15% of patients who could benefit receive them.

A new study has found that, contrary to expectations, pre-treatment with cannabidiol, or CBD, exacerbated the acute memory ...

Hundreds of studies have found that certain foods affect some people similarly to addictive substances like nicotine.

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

Pets often become attached to a specific dog toy, bed or blanket. Some even keep them from the time they are small pups on, ...

Kinship reports that a study suggests dogs can exhibit toy addiction-like behaviors, such as ignoring food and being ...

It’s an open secret that Silicon Valley exploits our tendency to seek the neurological rewards delivered by the likes, comments and mentions that pop up on our internet-connected devices. As such, ...

There is a lot of interest in the question of if too much sex, sexual desire, masturbation, or viewing of pornography is an addiction like to alcohol or cocaine. In fact, an early version of the new ...

Dogs love toys. Whether it’s that first stuffie they get as a puppy or the ratty old relic they still drag around as a senior dog, they are absolutely devoted.