addiction
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Gen. Rob Bonta held dueling news conferences Thursday, with each touting their efforts to crack down on medical providers accused of needless surgical procedures, sham addiction treatment program, bogus hospice care and other alleged schemes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"I think we conflate the way we colloquially use the word 'addicted' – like, 'I'm addicted to this show, and I'm binge-watching it' – and clinical addiction," he told a press briefing in Sydney.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Users hoping to cure themselves of the universal affliction of screen-time addiction have evangelized the tech, while celebrities such as Conan O’Brien and Lorde have broadcast their love for the device unprompted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The researchers describe this unusual dependence as an "energy addiction."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
She’s telling me about Rambo’s addiction to Wonder Bread, a sure feline prediabetic indication, but I’m not listening.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Compared with chemical dependencies, which have been well understood since before the first DSM was compiled in 1952, the framework for describing so-called behavioral addictions is extremely new, he and others said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Mr. Pratt has recorded cute social-media videos with dogs, promising to overhaul the city’s dysfunctional shelter system and to require vagrants to get treatment for mental health illnesses and addictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Many people who developed shopping addictions have lost tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds, all while living with debilitating conditions.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Newer ones such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, broadly known as GLP-1s, have exploded in popularity for weight loss and have shown promise for treating other conditions, such as addictions and neurodegenerative and liver diseases.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
They would file around the table, presenting their deficiencies, telling of their addictions, their cheating hearts.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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