The study found that people with a history of alcohol abuse showed weaker communication between the mOFC and dPAG when they ...

The death of The Vivienne has been officially attributed to ketamine use. The internationally acclaimed drag performer, whose ...

Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, died on Friday, her family announced.

Married to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, she became a proponent of electroshock therapy after unsuccessful ...

Gambling is now widely legal, but experts warn there is not enough treatment and intervention for people who struggle with problem gambling.

Patients who receive inpatient treatment are far more likely to be prescribed life-saving addiction medications, a new study ...

Sometimes, homeless people — a population that the report found suffer from depression and anxiety at high rates — turn to drugs as a coping mechanism. Other times, many homeless people, fearing for ...

German drugmaker Grünenthal pushed its latest opioid as a safer option. People around the world got hooked. Madlen Davies, Hristio Boytchev, and Rafael Cabrera report.

The substance abuse research team at Temple University is dedicated to combating the addiction epidemic by developing a new ...

Now the tobacco industry is trying to reverse this enormous victory. The industry is backing a battle against all Denver ...

From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming ...

A bill known as the “HALT Fentanyl Act” appears poised to pass Congress and be sent to the president’s desk. The bill would ...