A new study in mice has found that switching from a high sugar and butter diet to a regular one may lead to a surprising outcome—an increased craving for alcohol. The research, published in the ...

Some dogs never stop playing. They’ll chase a tennis ball until their paws give out or guard a squeaky toy like it’s made of ...

Anderson Saint Georges, CEO of Daystar Recovery Center in Detroit Lakes, has been named the 2025 Advocate of the Year.

Kinship reports that a study suggests dogs can exhibit toy addiction-like behaviors, such as ignoring food and being ...

From ancient Ethiopian highlands to modern Starbucks chains, coffee's journey represents one of humanity's most fascinating ...

A Texas A&M study shows alcohol during pregnancy damages brain cells vital for learning and self-control, raising addiction risk.

From sugar highs to dopamine rushes, new research shows that ultra-processed foods may hijack the brain’s reward system much ...

The neurobiological mechanisms of addiction have been mapped out through decades of laboratory-based research using neuroimaging and cognitive neuroscience approaches. First, using an addictive ...

It would not be an overstatement to say that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have redefined what materials can do for society. These porous crystalline structures are built from metal ions coordinated ...

After a month, more than three-quarters of the users who had typically spent roughly 30 minutes per day on TikTok were now spending nearly twice that much time on the app, on average. A few months ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for a versatile technology that can be used for an astonishing variety of purposes, from environmental remediation to drug delivery and energy ...

When Mary* and her husband, Peter*, first noticed that their teenage daughter Saoirse* was drinking alcohol and using cannabis, they never imagined the “pain and anguish” it would cause over the next ...