BrainWeighve Eating Addiction Telehealth App Expands UCLA Trial
Telehealth provider, eHealth International, expands their UCLA trial of weight loss app, BrainWeighve.
A Natural Method for Channeling Excess Motivational Energy
This is part 2 of our look at the unified theory of addiction and its author, AddictionNews publisher Robert Pretlow, M.D., MSEE, FAAP.
Patricide and Matricide in La-La-Land
An interesting factor in the Reiner family murder story is that one aspect of the outcome has apparently been decided.
Global Conference on Addiction and Psychiatry (GAP 2026)
Dr. Robert Pretlow, publisher of AddictionNews, lays out the unified theory of addiction at GAP 2026.
Cancer Rates Linked to Alcohol Use Doubled Since 1990
A new study links alcohol use to an increased risk for colorectal, esophageal, breast, pancreatic, and prostate cancers. Less than half of American adults know the correlation between drinking and cancer.
Fentanyl Vaccine May Move to Human Trials
Chemists develop a vaccine that could enable the body’s immune system to identify fentanyl molecules, creating an internal “stop sign.”
Infinite Scroll, Autoplay Coming to a Stop in California
New laws in California require social media companies to either stop offering “addictive” tools like infinite scroll and autoplay to users under 16 or keep those users off their platforms entirely.