The roots of addiction risk may lie in how young brains function long before substance use begins, according to a new study ...

Findings published in the journal Nature Mental Health "may help explain why boys and girls often follow different paths ...

Scientists are testing whether GLP-1 drugs can help to cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol and opioids — as well as food.

A large-scale analysis of nearly 1,900 children found that those with a family history of substance use disorder show early ...

The roots of addiction risk may lie in how young brains function long before substance use begins, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine. The investigators found that children with a ...

On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Sens. Mark Kelly and Rand Paul join Margaret Brennan.

When people who use illegal drugs feel like they have to hide their use, the risk of overdose and death soars.

In the UK, there was a case where TGN1412, an immunotherapy under development, triggered a cytokine storm within hours of administration to humans, leading to multiple organ failure. Another example, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Drug addiction continues to plague Memphis and the Mid-South. For years, the monster of drug addiction consumed Ben Owen. “I finally hit rock bottom in 2019. My wife and I were ...

Megan Harrigan hurried around the Union Street Brick Church in Bangor in September, gathering clients and bringing them to the back corner of the church where there was a makeshift clinic of folding t ...