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The interactive nature of video games makes them uniquely suited to help people understand and recover from addiction.

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.

Young adults may suffer strokes when using cocaine, meth, and even cannabis, and the onset may be shortly after drug use and is directly linked to these drugs.

A large study of data from Veterans Affairs finds that people on GLP-1 drugs were less likely to develop substance abuse disorder or overdose. There is new evidence that drugs like Ozempic can reduce ...

Gina Roberts used to have this recurring nightmare: frantic and broke, she would search everywhere for a drink, but always the alcohol would remain out of reach. The dream would trigger such ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) A patient of mine, ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer draws on a deeply personal experience to examine what economics reveals about drugs, addiction, and the laws meant to contain them. Photo: Free to Choose Network Cartel ...

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Hospitals across the U.S. routinely drug test patients when they give birth, often using urine screens that are easy to misinterpret and have a high rate of false positives. The Marshall Project ...

Department of Health leadership forced out key employees about a year ago. Ryan Franklin, a registered nurse with AHF Healthcare Center St. Petersburg, chants along with about 30 fellow supporters ...