New research suggests ultra-processed food addiction is more prevalent in older Americans than alcohol or tobacco. This ...

I was addicted to alcohol for more than 15 years. What started as binge drinking in high school and college became a pattern of blackouts, emergency room visits, regret and shame. As peers grew up and ...

Alcohol has also been linked to dementia, accelerated brain shrinkage, memory loss, and cognitive decline. Despite the alcohol industry's claims otherwise, it is not a healthy beverage and it's not a ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Resurgence Behavioral Health has published a new educational article, “Tips on How to Wean Off Alcohol,” ...

Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol.

Our bodies are built to adapt. Normally, without alcohol in the mix, the body regulates the sleep-wake cycle with an internal ...

Vidya Nair is the clinical director of Casa Flores, a Hanley Foundation program that helps moms rich and poor beat addiction for their babies' sakes.

THIS time four years ago, I was sipping a glass of champagne and savouring every precious swallow – to the obvious disapproval of the waitress. The reason she was judging me? Because I ...

WHILE few children have tried alcohol, let alone liked it, for recovering alcoholic Seth Rosen, tasting wine for the first ...

The damaging effects of alcohol on the liver are well known, but scientists have recently discovered a hidden secret. New research reveals that alcohol shuts down a key gut protein, opening the door ...

Like Butterfield, the 41-year-old West Valley City mom became addicted to kratom, an herbal supplement that has been called “gas station heroin” because over time — sometimes not much time — it can ...