March Madness greatly appeals to teenage boys and young men, caught up in the aura of gambling and masculinity. Yet few ...

Katia Riddle is a correspondent at NPR covering mental health. She has reported extensively on the impact of events such as Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles wildfires and the loneliness epidemic. Prior ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Turn on the TV at any time of day and you can tell that sports betting, right from your phone, is easier than ever. March marks Problem Gambling Awareness Month, a time to raise ...

Gambling is no longer confined to neon casino strips or smoky betting shops, it now lives in our phones, on our couches and in the middle of televised sports. As this new wave of gambling addiction ...

A study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine claims to reveal a surge in gambling addiction following the legalization of sports betting. But does a rise in internet searches for gambling terms ...

Young people took the biggest mental health hit during the pandemic, research has shown - Copyright AFP/File Sameer Al-DOUMY Young people took the biggest mental ...

“High Stakes: Gambling Addiction, Beyond Borders” is a three-part series by New England Public Media looking at the public health movement to address gambling in Massachusetts and the United States, ...

Gambling behavior is a biopsychosocial product of complex interplay of an individual’s reward processing system, cognitive function, particularly cognitive distortions, emotional factors and social ...

Sports betting in Washington continues to grow at an aggressive pace. With a rise in gambling comes the risk of increased ...

For most people, betting on sports is recreational and responsible. But not for everyone. And for people who have an addiction to gambling, the March Madness NCAA tournament can be a particularly ...