Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

We humans tend to think that if we are to understand something, then we must know its cause. This is especially true when we seek to understand vexing problems such as global warming, cancer, the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - NBC Montana wanted to learn more about the correlation between violence and drugs after a Washington man admitted killing his son near Anaconda. Jeremy Cramer has pleaded guilty to ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In August 2021, while promoting her new book “Dopamine Nation,” the Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke discussed ...

Study after study has revealed that America's staggering homeless problem is more than anything due to a lack of affordable housing. Nevertheless, many people still insist that the main cause of ...

The series turned a voyeuristic lens to people with unusual habits, but it did raise awareness of various compulsive disorders.