She told Mary that she’d started taking Ozempic for weight loss. “If I have more than two beers now, I go outside and barf,” ...

Gina Roberts folds up blankets on her bed in the sober home where she’s been living in Providence, R.I. on Feb. 2. She has ...

On the recent seventh season premiere of My Strange Addiction, the long-running TLC show spotlighting folks who suffer from "strange" (usually life-threatening) "addictions" (usually not quite ...

Addiction has causes that are neurobiological, psychological and structural. Treating these drivers is as important as managing the initial withdrawal. Medically managed withdrawal does not restore ...

Alcohol has been part of human life for at least 9,000 years, and its story reaches back even further into our evolutionary past. This video traces how fermentation, beer, wine, and spirits shaped ...

Child health and mental health experts have warned that children exposed to alcohol consumption are at risk of addiction and substance use. They noted that early exposure could disrupt normal ...

Kratom products touting pain relief, energy and a mood boost are easy to buy in Arizona, but some consumers say they're ...

Addiction is survival work, effective in the short run, but cyclical and costly over time. There is a way out.

So you’re a bear in the forest, and you’re hungry. When you trundle toward a raspberry bush and get your first taste of ripe, sweet fruit, dopamine floods your brain, pleasure as a form of instruction ...

Some people depend on opioids or methamphetamine (or both), while far greater numbers of individuals in the United States and worldwide depend on sugar and highly processed foods to feel better or ...

Maggie O’Neill is a health writer and reporter based in New York who specializes in covering medical research and emerging wellness trends, with a focus on cancer and addiction. Prior to her time at ...

First, using an addictive substance causes the release of a chemical messenger called dopamine in the reward network, which ...