I think beating an addiction is heroic. But here is a fact that may surprise you–overcoming an addiction is also quite common. Put those ideas together, and you realize it’s another way so many people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story below references drugs, alcoholism, and disordered eating. Many people deal with addiction, yet it continues to be ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri Department of Corrections of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it. After multiple overdoses, ...

We wanted to get some perspective on those suspected prison overdoses, so we called on Dr. Sarah Wakeman. She's an addiction medicine specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, who has studied ...

Forums like Lost in Kensington offer hope — and help — to families seeking to reconnect with people living on Philly's ...

I think beating an addiction is heroic. But here is a fact that may surprise you–overcoming an addiction is also quite common. Put those ideas together, and you realize it’s another way so many people ...

After nearly two years of addiction, Victoria Thierens said her life changed Nov. 30, 2019. In a cry for help, she called police and was taken to a behavioral unit to have a psych evaluation. There, ...

(The Conversation) – A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Two skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina reached a settlement this month that bars them from discriminating against people with a ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Earlier this year, state legislature passed a bill to regulate the sale of kratom, an over-the-counter drug with similar effects as opioids that you can find in gas stations or sold ...