Alcohol withdrawal causes mild symptoms like nausea, tremors, and anxiety, as well as severe symptoms like seizures, ...

Alcohol has also been linked to dementia, accelerated brain shrinkage, memory loss, and cognitive decline. Despite the ...

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

A popular class of therapies for treating diabetes and obesity may also have the potential to treat alcohol and drug ...

A popular class of therapies for treating diabetes and obesity may also have the potential to treat alcohol and drug addiction, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...

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

“I’d accepted that I was going to die from alcoholism. I left that job after four months in the summer of 2023 and got a ...

Scientists say weight loss drugs such as Ozempic have shown "promise" in treating alcoholism and narcotic disorders. The post ...

A new study claims that “ultra-processed food addiction” affects one in eight older adults. But how solid is the science ...

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 ...

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 ...

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