GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have long helped people eat less — now, they’re showing promise in helping people crave less. A new ...

TOOELE — Alyssa Young never thought she'd ever see her 33rd birthday. Her life was "spiraling out of control for 12 years," she said, and she wasn't sure how long she could last. When she was 21, a ...

A medication offered to heroin abusers at the Albany County jail was shown to help prevent addicts from returning to illegal drug use, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England ...

Prescription weight loss drugs have been lauded as the miracle drug for treating diabetes and obesity, but new research suggests that these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) ...

The Busted star is developing a new pilot scheme to help people in recovery get back into work in a new BBC documentary.

GLP-1 medications may quiet the brain signals behind addiction, reducing substance use disorders and overdose risk across ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Police departments in some Illinois cities are offering help for heroin addicts instead of arrest. The (Aurora) Beacon-News reports the amnesty programs offer addicts the chance to ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Nick Carbonaro's mom will tell you her son wasn't a bad person. He just made some bad decisions. After struggling with addiction for years in February he died of a heroin overdose. "I wake him up the ...

MINOT — To understand why harm reduction works, as a public policy, we must first consider what doesn’t work. Prohibition doesn’t work. We tried it with alcohol, and it was one of the most spectacular ...

I specialize working with individuals that struggle with mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Individuals typically seek therapy when certain facets of their lives become unmanageable. Whether ...