It doesn't have to be this way. Source: Midjourney Addiction carries a heavy mantle of social stigma. One-fifth of the population are afflicted, and it puts a burden on them, their friends, and their ...

Substance use disorder afflicts many Americans — in 2021, 46.3 million people in the United States age 12 or older were addicted to alcohol or drugs such as opioids and stimulants. Now scientists are ...

The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, a region that regulates stress and emotion.

When participants clinically diagnosed with internet addiction engaged in activities governed by the brain’s executive function network — behaviors requiring attention, planning, decision-making and ...

Major scientific discoveries can arise from simple decisions: say, by simply looking where virtually no one else has. Such was the case for Ines Ibañez-Tallon, a research associate professor in the ...

Addiction carries a heavy mantle of social stigma. One-fifth of the population are afflicted, and it puts a burden on them, their friends, and family. It seems like a character flaw: Why can’t the ...

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(CNN) — Teens who spend lots of time on social media have complained of feeling like they can’t pay attention to more important things like homework or time with loved ones. A new study has possibly ...