Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.

Addiction can affect anyone, regardless of background, education, or income. It often starts subtly—using alcohol to unw ...

This systematic review evaluates preclinical and clinical evidence on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists as potential ...

Relapse isn’t a failure. It’s a signal. It tells us that something deeper is still driving our old behaviors. For decades, I’ve studied the science of addiction, relapse, and behavior change through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neuroscientists are investigating how and when hormones affect the risk for relapse to prescription opioids.

Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward and ...

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that may explain why people recovering from drug addiction often relapse. Repeated ...

Huml Health, a Bentonville-based health care technology startup, will soon offer technology to help people recover from drug ...

Since the pandemic in the early 2020s, people have been dealing with collective stressors. This has included social isolation, disrupted personal and work routines, economic instability, and ...

One of the most powerful illusions in addiction is functionality. People continue working, parenting, socializing, and paying bills, which becomes evidence that nothing is wrong. Crisis is treated as ...

In Philadelphia, over 1,170 people died of opioid overdoses in 2022, the last year for which complete data is available. More than 300 more died just over the bridge in Camden County. Research ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — For many people, the holidays represent the most wonderful time of the year. But for those recovering from substance abuse, this season can be the ...