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BrainWeighve Eating Addiction Telehealth App Expands UCLA Trial

Telehealth provider, eHealth International, expands their UCLA trial of weight loss app, BrainWeighve.

School Smartphone Bans Produce Mixed Results

A three-year study of school smartphone bans finds no improvement in test scores, but a slight improvement in well-being.

Totally Disinterested Musings on Gambling Addiction

Here are some musings and reflections from someone who, while owning several personal vices, has never felt the least attraction to gambling, on any level.

National Drug Control Strategy Is Strong on Supply, Weak on Demand

The newly-released National Drug Control Policy is heavy on law enforcement and light on addiction treatment.

Building an Addiction Platform

In their efforts to thrive in a dying business, tobacco companies have designed new ways to addict children.

Pain and Addiction

The opioid addiction crisis has caused an unintended problem: chronic pain patients chronically under-prescribed.

Food Noise, Set Points, and GLP-1 Drugs

The New York Times tries to find out how GLP-1 drugs quiet food noise.