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

New Year’s resolutions often revolve around self-improvement, and for many, that means cutting back on alcohol or completely detoxing. While detoxing can seem daunting, there’s a growing interest in ...

The drive to drink for someone with alcohol addiction often transforms from a pursuit of pleasure to a desperate need to ...

What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and well-being? A new study from Scripps Research offers an important clue: a small midline brain ...

After a pronounced increase in heavy alcohol use and binge drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of alcohol ...

Some people have genes that protect them from alcohol abuse. An examination of databases at 23andMe reveal that those same alcohol-protective variants have associations with conditions and behaviors ...

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This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series titled “New Challenges for Health Care.” The series of articles focuses on emerging issues that are facing decision makers at provider ...

Ozempic and related weight loss drugs may help people struggling with addiction, as they've been linked to a 40 percent reduction in opioid overdose and 50 percent lower rate of alcohol intoxication, ...

A new study has found that chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about two alcoholic beverages a day through fermented ...

Today’s attacks on science come from at least three sources, and it is doing immediate, intermediate, and long-term damage to our country, including my profession of alcohol and drug use medicine.