Loneliness and anxiety among "night owls" trigger smartphone and social media addiction, according to new research. Young adults who stay up all hours are more prone to developing "problematic" ...

There are headaches and then there are migraines, which are “a complex neurological condition,” says Hao Huang, M.D., a neurologist who specializes in headache medicine. With that complexity often ...

Bartender Shelby Campos adorns the top of a non-alcoholic beverage - or mocktail - with fruit and a flower at the non-alcoholic Good News Bar, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in San Diego. Gregory Bull / AP ...

Many people who use a GLP-1 weight-loss drug say that it takes the medication to finally stop their preoccupation with food, often called food noise. Eating has always been a pleasure, but these ...

Substance use recovery is a life-long process, but environmental triggers, such as alcohol at social gatherings or pain medication advertisements, can put individuals in recovery at risk of relapse.

These ultra-processed foods can trigger addictive behaviors that meet the same clinical criteria used to diagnose substance-use disorders. The authors from the fields of addiction science and ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2022, the majority of the 28.8 million U.S. adults who smoked cigarettes wanted to quit; approximately half had tried to quit ...

The "sober-curious" movement has gained strength in recent years alongside research directly linking alcohol to seven cancers and increased risk of heart disease. Earlier this year, former Surgeon ...