Research has found that high-sugar, ultraprocessed foods can be addictive for some people. Doucefleur/iStock via Getty Images Plus People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call ...

Ultraprocessed foods like donuts and pizza are particularly rewarding to a person's brain. Articles in this report were published with editorial independence. The collection was made possible by the ...

Physical exercise is one of the main recommendations for maintaining good health. However, when practiced compulsively and ...

Nearly half of young people in a recent study displayed strongly addictive use of mobile phones, a trend that the study results suggest raised the risk of suicidal behaviors. Researchers looked at ...

One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...

If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline via call, text or chat. A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to ...

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

Female hormones—namely progesterone and estrogen—are underrecognized contributors to addictive behavior in women. Women are more vulnerable to developing addictions than men. In particular, women ...