Jury recommends Google and Meta pay $6m damages in landmark social media addiction lawsuit.

Amid mounting lawsuits against social media companies and mental health concerns, the question remains: Is social media addiction real?

Rutgers‑led study of 2.2 million people finds addiction risk is driven more by genes tied to impulse control and reward ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do youngsters have a healthy relationship with Tiktok? Health insurers in Germany have their concerns. Robert Michael/dpa TikTok, ...

When an addiction and a mental health disorder coexist—a condition known as dual disorder—scientific evidence indicates that ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process ...

There’s no formal diagnosis (yet). But experts say there’s growing recognition of this problem — and some work on solutions. Can the word “addiction” — typically associated with drugs, alcohol, ...

I had the opportunity to sit in a Symposium at the recent American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Medical Scientific Conference moderated by members of the work group that is creating the ...

The verdict in a landmark lawsuit over addictive social media design—and a wave of similar cases against Meta, YouTube, ...

Ozempic was first approved to treat type 2 diabetes in 2017, but it’s garnered most of its recognition in recent years as a weight-loss drug. Now, as more people are taking it and scientists are ...