It’s often said that the British love their tea, discussing the weather and, let’s face it, enjoying a tipple. Little wonder, ...

September is National Recovery Month. When these three words come to mind, they often elicit thoughts of individuals who are recovering from drug or alcohol addiction. Dr. Cashuna (“Shun”) Huddleston, ...

A luxury industry has grown around helping wealthy drug addicts kick their habit, but patients say recovery takes more than ...

A study of people with type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder suggests that the key ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy shows promise against addiction.

Patients on semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and the weight-loss drug Wegovy, were less than half as likely to ...

Patients taking Ozempic were about 60% less likely to have an opioid overdose compared to those taking other diabetes drugs.

Since being deemed a public health emergency in 2017, opioids are responsible for 72% of drug overdose deaths in the United ...

From alcoholism to Parkinson’s, scientists are studying the mechanisms behind the broad clinical potential of weight-loss ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched an initiative geared towards reducing the prevalence of drug abuse among secondary school students.

Teens are most at risk for taking dangerous counterfeit pills made to resemble Xanax, Adderall, or OxyContin. The most common ...

Some states and hospital systems have updated their policies on drug testing for pregnant women and newborns, aiming to ...

Theformer St. Louis Cardinals player discussed his issues with drug and alcohol addiction and his recovery during a lecture ...