By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD If cigarettes were engineered for addiction, are some ultraprocessed foods following the same blueprint? A new analysis reveals how industry design strategies may be shaping ...

A woman who put her phone down and stopped doomscrolling on social media for almost two months has said she noticed one big change as a result of the experiment ...

A Guinness World Record holder with ADHD and autism who has overcome addiction and depression is coming to Telford this month (March) to help others understand and harness their neurodiversity.

Multiple childhood traumas don't create separate addictions — they create one interconnected web. New research shows why treating a single addiction without addressing the underlying system almost ...

The warning from former FDA leadership is a reminder that we cannot outrun our own biology. While technology has advanced our food production, our internal systems remain rooted in the need for whole, ...

While internal emails reveal Meta executives once described themselves as 'pushers', Mark Zuckerberg faces a jury to argue that 16-hour-a-day ...

In practice, it may be more appropriate to call this behavior dopamine scrolling; continually scrolling keeps our nervous system constantly waiting for comfort, novelty or validation from ...

A new study shows how dysfunctional packaging of the neurotransmitter dopamine triggers toxic processes in neurons—and how ...

A new study shows how dysfunctional packaging of the neurotransmitter dopamine triggers toxic processes in neurons - and how ...

When life ruptures your sense of self, creativity is how the brain rewrites the story. Here's the neuroscience behind why it ...

Between four and 10 million people in the U.S. have fibromyalgia. Many doctors look askance at the disorder, leading some patients to seek pain relief from substance use.