(NewsNation) — Ultraprocessed foods engineered with fat, sugar and salt are “addictive” and driving America’s obesity crisis, according to a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner who argues ...

A neuroscientist explains how highly processed foods may be key to “food addiction.” She also reveals some solutions ...

Ultra-processed foods are one the most controversial topics impacting food and beverage today. Consumers have a deep distrust of them, and major organisations have suggested that they have led to a ...

Citing an “immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare,” Attorney General James Uthmeier on Wednesday issued an emergency rule banning a “highly addictive” compound known as 7-OH, a ...

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

On Wednesday, a federal judge in California declined to remove marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration's list of most addictive and harmful drugs, which includes those that have no current ...

We’ve all said it, even if we regret it: “There’s always room for dessert.” Turns out, there is a scientific explanation for why we can consume so many sweets compared to other types of foods with a ...

Alabama has been through a lot in recent years. We are still recovering from the covid pandemic and families in our state have faced excessive costs from groceries to prescription drugs. We have ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...