Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing addictions have been spreading fast ...

GLP-1 agonist medications such as Ozempic have been game changers in the treatment of obesity and diabetes. Recently, a new study found evidence that Ozempic may be a promising medicine for ...

People who work in addiction medicine in the 1930s and 2020s still argue community support is the biggest need in recovery. The Federal Medical Center in Lexington has a fairly simple purpose — it’s a ...

Readers praise a column by Nicholas Kristof about an effective program. To the Editor: Re “An Uplifting Story of Beating Addiction We Don’t Hear Enough,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, Feb. 17): Hearing ...

Most everyone is aware of the large number of opioid-related deaths over the last several years. However, few people are aware that most of our methods for treating addiction are over 50 years old, ...

Does the approach to treating opioid addiction need a radical overhaul? After her son's death, Melissa Etheridge turned her grief into advocacy by creating a foundation to support new research into ...

The Gambling Disorder Treatment Handbook is a comprehensive guide for gambling addiction treatment. As two gambling disorder experts collaborated to promote the book, this piece of writing provides a ...

The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous requires participants to take a “moral inventory” of the problems their substance use has caused in their lives before asking God to remove their “defects of ...

Indiana's recent tobacco tax increase creates an opportunity to address the combined challenge of tobacco and opioid addiction. People with substance use disorders, including those in treatment for ...

Some experts tout deep brain stimulation as a lifeline for people struggling with opioid use. Others question the hype Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Undark Magazine A Parkinson’s patient in Nice, France, is ...