It could be fertile ground for addiction, say scientists at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA). Research scientists at RIA, founded in 1970 as a part of the New York State Division of ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

Researchers are investigating whether GLP-1 drugs could be used to treat addiction disorders, following patient reports of reduced cravings.

Caron is evolving addiction treatment by combining neurorestorative care with emerging medical innovations that target the ...

I’ve often commented that the distance between the addiction research community and the 12-Step community polarizes treatment and undermines creative collaboration. When the professional community ...

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, ...

While concerns over compulsive technology use have been around since the dawn of social media, courts are just beginning to consider whether it’s a legal injury. In a landmark verdict last week, a Los ...

Anne Giles wishes she’d understood the science behind addiction four years ago when she stood in her kitchen carefully measuring one cup of wine. Instead, she thought if she could drink only that one ...

Do you doomscroll? If so, you’re not alone. One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media feeds—and millennials and Gen ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: For most of his life, Joe Hilton has struggled with addiction and ...

“How should we think about addicts’ aims and agency?” This is the animating question behind Owen Flanagan’s “What Is It Like to Be an Addict?” An emeritus professor of philosophy and neurobiology at ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...