Chronic nerve pain, also called neuropathic pain, affects millions of people around the world. It happens when nerves outside ...

People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...

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Last month, an individual was saved in a local business by a bystander who was carrying Narcan with him in his satchel. According to eyewitnesses, the man later acknowledged his ...

Treatment for opioid addiction with medications is considered the first step in recovery from this life-threatening illness.

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New findings offer a hint as to why people taking these obesity medications also tend to report drinking less.

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Like many 18-year-olds, Jeremy Rivers had been dealing with social anxiety for years by the time he got to the end of high school. But his problems melted away this June when he tried his first 7-OH ...