According to an app called Sobbefy, answering yes to questions like these meant I could be a love addict. For months, I had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many researchers use the concept of ‘love addiction’ as a shorthand for exploring maladaptive romances.Illustration: Rita Liu/The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you curious about the world's most unusual habits? People can get hooked on things you might never even consider addictive.

Meta executives took the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom earlier this month and testified that while use of the company’s platforms could become problematic, it couldn’t be considered addiction.

For decades, the face of addiction was painted with a broad, mostly male brush. Rough around the edges. Down and out. That narrow image lets a lot of women slip through the cracks, especially ...

Many of us have struggled with an addiction or know one or more family members, friends or associates who struggle with some form of addiction. We may have witnessed the terrible destruction that ...

Generative AI can surprisingly steer people toward an addiction of any kind, either by insidious deceit or via accidental triggering. In today’s column, I examine an important question about the ...