What Is a Nicotine Addiction? Nicotine addiction is characterized by a mental and physical dependence on nicotine. When you ...

Playing video games is a rite of passage for many adolescents, but for some, it could also be the first step to a gaming ...

Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted response to reward ...

Shaped by his own addiction, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is embracing ideologically flexible approaches to the opioid epidemic.

Increasing the levels of chemicals naturally produced in the body called endocannabinoids may thwart the highly addictive ...

The study revealed key insights into the variability of responses to drug use, even among individuals with identical ...

A study using Swedish patient data found anti-obesity drugs were linked with fewer hospitalizations related to alcohol use, ...

“This is a fascinating study with great potential to help us better understand and address drug abuse in people,” said Robert ...

Increasing the levels of chemicals naturally produced in the body called endocannabinoids may thwart the highly addictive ...

Just like she's done every 24 hours for the past 80 or so straight days, Ming-Fen Ho is replenishing culture dishes with the liquid nutrients that bathe and feed—lubricate and nourish, technically—her ...

A new study has pinpointed brain markers that may predict which teenagers are vulnerable to developing gaming addiction, ...