The medications have grown popular for weight loss, but one doctor has found another use: combating alcohol and drug ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday will debate an addiction medicine proposal that would have been considered unthinkable just years ago: giving a select group of doctors the power to prescribe methadone directly ...

Dr. Nicholas Kardaras told the guests and audience on Monday's "Dr. Phil" that digital addiction is specifically dangerous because it is more ‘ubiquitous and socially accepted’ than regular drugs. The ...

WASHINGTON — It got a lot easier for patients with opioid addiction to get their medication remotely during the pandemic — and now addiction doctors and telehealth companies are pushing Congress to ...

Leading doctors have stated that 'videogame addiction' is not to be recognised as a mental illness, or put in the same category as addiction to drugs or alcohol. A debate at the American Medical ...

Addiction, also known as substance use disorder, impacted more than 40 million people in the U.S. in 2020. Alcohol is the most frequently reported substance of concern, but more than 107,000 Americans ...

The share of teen vapers who puff every day rose from 15% to nearly 29%, the study found. Teens who vape daily also found it ...

Some doctors are prescribing weight-loss drugs such as Zepbound and Ozempic to help reduce cravings for illicit drugs and ...