Addiction, opioids, alcohol and tobacco.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced a new clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used to treat diabetes, as treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD). ...
Therapists offer "what's next" in mental health and ways you should reintegrate. For many, the months-long COVID-19 lockdown feels like the movie Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray's character faces a sort-of purgatory, ...
Connections in the brain’s striatum point to possible therapeutic targets to curb addictive behavior. A common distress among people who are addicted is the pressing urge to acquire their substance of abuse, be it ...
A protein in the brain that binds to alcohol could be the key to curing alcoholism, reports UH College of Pharmacy medicinal chemist Joydip Das in eNeuro, a journal of the Society for Neuroscience. The protein, called ...
Much has been written and said about the problem of stress and techniques for reducing it, yet stress levels continue to rise for many people. Stress causes emotional distress, muscular problems, stomach and bowel ...
Scientists have pinpointed a population of neurons in the brain that influences whether one drink leads to two, which could ultimately lead to a cure for alcoholism and other addictions. A study, published in the ...
There are actually two types of sobriety: physical and emotional. Physical sobriety is the easy part. Anyone can quit a thousand times, but only the fortunate can stay quit. I have been treating addicts in detox, ...
Prescription drug misuse and dependence is on the rise. In the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control, drug overdoses in the United States caused 36,450 deaths. Opiate pain relievers were ...
