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GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may lower the risk of addiction: new study

A class of medications best known for treating diabetes and obesity may also reduce the risk of addiction – and help people who already have one, a new study shows.

The Conversation

GLP-1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He didn’t set a quit date. He simply lost interest. It happened…

The Conversation

GLP-1s could help curb substance abuse – including alcohol and opioids, new study finds

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Lamar Odom says he experienced ‘afterlife’ in new documentary about overdose and addiction

Former NBA star Lamar Odom is getting candid about his struggle with addiction and a near-fatal overdose at a Nevada brothel in a new documentary. “I had 12 strokes and six heart attacks,” Odom says in a trailer for Netflix’s Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom. Featuring 911…

The Independent UK

'My cocaine addiction has caused a lot of damage. I was supposed to get help from everyone, but I was left to fend for myself. I lost the structure I'd had as a footballer' Ex Newcastle United star reveals 'things went wrong' due to devastating drug issue

Daryl Janmaat opened up about the effects of addiction to cocaine after the end of his playing career

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High-Value Love vs High-Drama Love Why We Confuse the Two

If it feels like a rollercoaster, it’s probably not love it’s nervous system dysregulation. That rush? It’s cortisol and dopamine colliding, not destiny. High-drama love hijacks your survival wiring. Your body mistakes anxiety for attraction. Studies in attachment psychology show unpredictability increases obsession not compatibility. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: chaos…

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The Dark Side of Karma Nobody Explains

Karma does not exist to make you comfortable. It exists to evolve you. That means it will not always feel kind. It will not always feel just. And it certainly will not move according to your timeline. We love the soft version of karma because it gives us control. They…

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My New Addiction: How I Got Myself Fixed On A Different Kind Of Fizz This Summer

It’s 2026, and I’ve decided it’s time to finally fix my soft drink addiction.

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Rufus Hound looks back: ‘By the time I started to do standup, I realised I’d been training for it my entire life’

The actor and comedian on using humour as his cheat code, his struggles with mental health and addiction and the teacher to whom he owes everything

The Guardian - UK

Young woman says she was on social media 'all day long' as a child in landmark addiction trial

A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms

The Independent UK

Prince Harry Reflects on "Emotional Pain" During Visit to Addiction Center in Jordan

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared words of encouragement on the final day of their surprise trip.

Marie Claire

Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why

In Colorado, from 2016 to 2020, 33 women who were pregnant or had recently given birth died from accidental overdoses. That’s more than died from traditional obstetric complications like infection, high blood pressure or bleeding combined.

The Conversation

'It's ok to not be ok': Harry and Meghan write messages of support to recovering addicts in Jordan

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the National Centre for Rehabilitation of Addicts in Amman on Thursday

Evening Standard

Twenty-year-old to testify at US trial about harm from social media addiction

Woman says ‘addictive design’ of Meta and YouTube hooked her before she was 10, causing depression and body dysmorphia

The Guardian - US

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I’m a Money Expert—and I Lost Nearly $100,000 to the Man I Was Supposed to Marry

In the first installment of The Cost of Starting Over, money expert Chloe Elise reveals how financial infidelity derailed her life—and what it took to reclaim it.

The Independent UK

David Jonsson: ‘A life of prison and addiction was just one step away from me’

INTERVIEW: The ‘Rye Lane’ and ‘The Long Walk’ actor plays a terrified prison inmate in his new film ‘Wasteman’. He speaks to Adam White about how the role hit close to home, his perspective on his colour-blind casting in an Agatha Christie adaptation, and why he chose to step away…

The Independent UK

Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes

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Liza Minnelli's addiction began after Judy Garland's funeral

Liza Minnelli believes her descent into addiction began at her mother's funeral after her doctor prescribed her Valium to relax.

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Ultra-Processed Foods Are the New Tobacco?

You open a packet of chips and you tell yourself that you will eat a few but in 10 minutes it is all finished and you were not even that hungry but you were craving it. Is this situation familiar to you? This situation is experienced by most of us…

The Independent UK

Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they design their platforms, deliberately addicting kids and failing to protect them sexual predators and dangerous content

TechRadar

Teens had ‘an addicts' narrative about their Instagram use’ — Mark Zuckerberg takes stand in trail which could reshape not just social media, but his AI and Ray-Ban XR dreams

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in social media addiction trial, which could have major ramifications for online platforms.

Euronews

Italy weighs social media age limits as 77% of Italian teens say they're addicted to their phones

Italy warns of soaring digital addiction in teens, as experts link it to family and education problems and say bans on social media alone are not enough.

Axios

Zuckerberg testifies in landmark social media addiction trial

This is the first time Mark Zuckerberg has faced a jury in a courtroom alongside families who say that Meta's products harmed their children.

The Independent UK

A jury will soon decide if social media addictions are harming children. These families have already felt the pain

The bellwether trial against tech behemoths Meta and Google could set the course for the 1,600 other plaintiffs across the country

The Guardian - UK

Ketamine addiction making teenagers wet the bed, says UK’s first specialist clinic

Medics in Liverpool say intervention is needed to save children from ‘a miserable life’ of bladder problems

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