But researchers studying these issues face a problem: there is no official diagnosis of shopping addiction or compulsive shopping, which could help to stimulate further research and aid with ...

M ethadone is “the best tool we have” to fight opioid addiction, says Ashish Thakrar, a doctor at the University of Pennsylvania’s school of medicine. Yet many of his patients are unable to ...

Asheville, North Carolina — Katy Paige Rosenberg, a freshman at the University of North Carolina Asheville, recently realized what too much scrolling on her phone was doing to her. She estimates ...

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As Brain Awareness Week (March 10-16) brings neuroscience into focus, it becomes imperative to examine addiction not merely as a moral failing but also as a chronic brain condition with ...

Experts say about 5% of the population has a compulsive shopping disorder, buut there is less research in this area of addiction than that of drugs and alcohol for example. What is clear however ...

Breaking away from addiction is a challenge that comes with many hurdles and support can mean the difference between recovery or continued decline. Striving to ensure those who are brave enough to ...

BETHESDA, Md. — Nora Volkow, the federal government’s top drug addiction researcher, laughed when asked how a spate of recent policy changes at the National Institutes of Health had affected ...

Food addiction is not officially included as a recognized diagnostic category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). However, it generally encompasses ...

They hold training sessions on using them and help people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction return to their jobs and families. They work closely with the federal government through an ...

Minnesota students take part in “Phone-Free February” to curb cell phone addiction Posted: February 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025 Students at a Minnesota high school are participating ...