Evidence is mounting that the wildly popular weight-loss medicines known as GLP-1s may also hold potential for treating addiction, and the field may be on the verge of obtaining desperately needed ...

According to research from Semmelweis University, not only personality traits contribute to problematic smartphone use, but weak self-control and a strong fear of missing out (FOMO) on social events ...

A new study found GLP-1 drugs were associated with 50% fewer substance-related deaths, 39% fewer drug overdoses, and 26% ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 24—MOSES LAKE — The reasons for addiction are many, but everybody has one. That's the point of a campaign by the Grant County ...

As communities and families across the nation continue to shoulder the burden of the opioid epidemic, many primary care physicians remain on the sidelines. According to the American Society of ...

Overall, 81.2% of articles stated the institutional environment was the most common reason for not intervening in addiction, Wilson Compton, MD, MPE, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug ...

If someone you love is considering entering recovery from opioid addiction, know that their first few months without using their drug of choice will be a time of serious transition. As they begin to ...

LYNDHURST, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sunspire Health, a nationwide network of addiction treatment facilities offering personalized treatment and addiction recovery services across the United States, ...

After reading Rodger Macek’s compassionate letter of July 23 on the issue of treatment for drug abuse and addiction, and the funding required to make it possible, I was compelled to write a response.