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Explore the intricate relationship between the brain and addiction, shedding light on neurobiological underpinnings and ...
A recent study reveals that a short digital detox from smartphones can lead to significant changes in brain activity. A ...
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Study reveals how addiction physically changes the brain, challenging the misconception that people struggling with substance ...
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There’s renewed discussion in sports circles about whether Major League Baseball should lift its ban on Pete Rose for betting ...
The theory is that practicing “episodic future thinking,” which amounts to vividly imagining positive situations that you’d like to experience down the road, can reduce impulsivity and increase the ...
From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming ...
A recent study published in Computers in Human Behaviour, a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal, found that avoiding ...
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A Tale of Two Mental Health Crises
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This is the first installment of a five-part series on the Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell's recent "In The Know" event.