I was recently interviewed in a CNN piece covering the continued controversy over sex addiction, and I noticed something: everyone interviewed in the article is white. Not just white, but educated, ...

I was especially thinking that as I read my colleague Kristin Stoller’s new feature about tech addiction, published this week ...

Addiction often creates more than emotional strain—it can devastate finances. Experts share how to spot financial red flags and strategies families can use to rebuild stability.

Engagement-maximizing architectures such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and emotionally targeted notifications remain broadly permissible. That gap, however, is now being challenged on multiple fronts.

The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a chronic disease affecting brain reward, motivation, and memory systems, creating compulsive cravings for substances or behaviors that ...

For decades, the face of addiction was painted with a broad, mostly male brush. Rough around the edges. Down and out. That narrow image lets a lot of women slip through the cracks, especially ...

I see the signs everywhere: On the sidewalk, a buprenorphine film still in its wrapper; an empty bottle of liquid kratom. These are the substances that mask the symptoms of our country’s mental health ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Products containing kratom and a related substance called 7-hydroxymitragynine are readily available in Hawaii stores despite growing concerns about addiction and calls for ...

Maryland is taking in billions from gambling as more residents lose money and addiction rates climb. From lottery tickets to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cocaine is seen on the tip of a pocket knife. One in 10 people in Germany has an addiction problem, the German Centre for ...

Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting in 2018, wagering on games has expanded rapidly ...

Treatment for sex addiction, and sexual behavior problems at large, are rarely covered by health insurance, much less by Medicaid or public sector funding. As a result, the majority of professional ...