Consider someone addicted to alcohol, drugs, or a behavior like gambling. Why do they continue, even when they say they want ...

Christopher Schenewerk, MD, addresses the taboo topic of how to help health care professionals struggling with addiction.

Sex addiction is more formally called compulsive sexual behavior disorder. It may affect men and women differently. Learn ...

A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl ...

Females with AUD are different than men with AUD, but most treatments were tested on men. Researchers are now looking at why ...

Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a ...

A vending machine outside an Asbury Park clinic carries syringes, kits for using crack and Narcan to fight overdoses. It's designed to save lives.

A coalition of addiction experts said more than 300 physicians ... that would slash billions of dollars from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health ...

Christopher Schenewerk, MD, discussed his history with alcohol abuse and how he works to break down the taboo of substance ...

Mortality rates from liver disease have risen by more than 400% in the past five decades, a charity has warned, while deaths from other major illnesses have fallen. It means liver disease is now among ...

When the Trump administration cut more than $11 billion in COVID-era funds to states in late March, addiction recovery ... activities related to infectious disease, a sizable chunk went to ...

April 21, 2025 – Add cannabis to the list of things now linked to a heightened risk of dementia. Cannabis users who visited the emergency room or were hospitalized were up to four times as ...