The push to regard addiction as a disease is well-intentioned—driven by a desire to lessen stigma—but fails to account for the many facets and facts of the condition. Worse, it robs sufferers ...

Anna talks to an addiction medicine specialist about what the latest research reveals about why people start using drugs and how to support them if they do. Dr. Nzinga Harrison, addiction medicine ...

The Village Family Service Center’s First Step Recovery program is now offering addiction treatment services in a virtual ...

In the United States an epidemic of opioid addiction continues to get worse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a record 33,091 overdose deaths in 2015 from opioids ...

Addiction is a chronic disease that can’t be stopped within days, and individuals will need long-term treatment. However, not every treatment is successful with everyone. Treatment will need to ...

Caroline Kennedy praised Kennedy Jr for “pulling himself out of illness and disease” but lamented ... down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness, and death while Bobby ...

While jet lag is a temporary nuisance, chronic circadian disruption such as frequent night shifts can lead to long-term health consequences, including an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and ...

At the end of a long weekend mourning the death of our friend, my high school friends and I were packing our belongings to leave New Orleans. We stayed at her former apartment with her roommate to ...

When Bruce first started using as a teenager, my wife, Anne, and I didn’t have the slightest clue about addiction and what a vicious disease it is. Nor did we understand that it was also a national ...

according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To see if medical users run the same addiction risk as recreational users, researchers analyzed data from a federal survey on ...

Like other drugs, nicotine affects the brain with the release of dopamine, reinforcing the behavior and leading to addiction. In addition, it contributes to several respiratory diseases including ...