A growing number of people in the United States are clinically addicted to ultraprocessed foods, studies have shown. Which ...

Does repeating a falsehood make it true? It seems so, at least when it comes to the myth that technology is addicting us all. While a reassessment of the role our gadgets play in our lives is healthy, ...

Nicotine patches help people quit smoking. However, people can sometimes become addicted to these patches. Misuse can play a role in this process. Quitting smoking cold turkey can cause uncomfortable ...

It's easy to talk about addiction in a throwaway manner, as if just liking something quite a lot classifies you as an addict. Spoiler: it doesn't. But social conceptions of how an addict looks and ...

Microsoft has just announced a new agentic AI service, but internal documents reportedly show that it wants to 'make people addicted' to it.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

It’s frequently noted that we’re not addicted to a substance, activity, or relationship as such but to how they make us feel. We may not even like the taste of 100-proof vodka, but if it gets us high, ...

A successful businesswoman struggles with sex addiction in this adaptation of Zane's best-selling erotic novel By THR Staff Addicted Still - H 2014 Awkwardly toggling back and forth between soft-core ...