How does addiction hijack the brain? Created with Sketch. The very fast and very intense flood of dopamine generated by taking a drug of abuse motivates repetition of the drug-taking. Under the ...

Illicit drug use short-circuits that process and directly boosts dopamine levels. Some people may be more prone to addiction because they feel less pleasure through natural routes, such as from ...

Meditation, particularly mindfulness-based practices, has been extensively studied for its role in treating addiction. By promoting awareness, emotional regulation, and changes in brain function, ...

Just like any other addiction, your phone can be addicting because of the dopamine your brain releases when you use it. This chemical makes you feel good and makes your brain crave more dopamine ...

Drug use can be broadly categorized into recreational use, substance abuse, or drug misuse. The pull of drug usage comes from the profound neurological effects that they have on the brain's synapses.

Early in her career as a clinical psychiatrist, Dr. Anna Lembke told herself she was willing to treat anybody with mood ...

There is a common perception that weight cycling, often called “yo-yo dieting,” is detrimental to health. But new research ...

The NHS has stated that while vaping is less harmful than traditional smoking, it's not without its risks. The long-term ...

When TikTok briefly went dark for 12 hours in the US due to the federal ban, we saw just how much Americans missed endlessly ...

Multiple doctors warned TikTokers that the app’s potential ban could cause “withdrawal symptoms” for scrolling-addicted users ...

Use Do Not Disturb, treat your phone like a landline and reconsider what's urgent: What experts recommend to be less ...

Our writer would pick up her mobile 262 times a day and spent five hours and 18 minutes on it on average. She knew something ...