Doctors don’t tell patients with broken limbs or open wounds that their health problems aren’t real, but ambiguity creeps in when a trauma is mental rather than physical. One topic stirring debate in ...

RECENT SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES HAVE LED to a greater understanding of the neurobiological processes that underlie drug abuse and addiction. These suggest that multiple neurotransmitter systems may play a ...

Jack was a few-times-a-week guy who would troll porn sites when he had a stressful day on his job, when he was horny, when he was curious. But over the months, and now years, what started as something ...

Are you curious about the world's most unusual habits? People can get hooked on things you might never even consider addictive. While some addictions are widely recognized, there are others that fly ...

GENEVA — For video game addicts, it might soon be “game over.” In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the World Health Organization said Monday that compulsively playing video ...

Opioid addiction has been rampant in Kamsack and three nearby First Nations for years. Now they are faced with another crisis: crystal meth. "It's destroying people, destroying families," said Wanda ...

We’ve all gotten carried away adding too much stuff to our online shopping basket once in a while, or have chucked a few extra items in the trolley, telling ourselves we deserve a treat. But shopping, ...

Addiction is a perplexing and deeply personal struggle that affects millions of people worldwide. One of the most frequently asked questions by those who have witnessed a loved one succumb to ...

Lurking beneath today’s raft of social media addiction lawsuits blaming platforms for harming minors are three broad public policy concerns. These frets could easily affect corporate liability in ...

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