Neuroscience research confirms that ultra-processed foods — especially engineered novelty products like Coca-Cola-flavored ...
Ultra-processed foods engineered with precise ratios of sugar, salt, and fat activate the same dopamine pathways as nicotine ...
An exome-wide association study of nearly 38,000 smokers from the Mexico City Prospective Study identified rare coding ...
As smoking rates fall in the U.S., startups and influencers are pushing the purported cognitive and health benefits of ...
If you're cutting out sweets and chocolate for Lent, here's what you can expect over the next 40 days (and nights).
Researchers have discovered that drugs like Ozempic for diabetes and obesity also improve alcohol use disorders and other ...
Emma Fenske, DO does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Emma Fenske, DO, Oregon Health & Science University (THE CONVERSATION) Addiction is ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse ...
Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...
Health experts say they're concerned by high rates of nicotine dependency among Australian children. New research showing experimentation and long-term use of new tobacco products like e-cigarettes ...