Background: The self-help groups Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are very well established. AA and NA employ a 12-step program and are found in most large cities around the ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte From laboratory models to small human trials, a new review explores whether popular metabolic drugs could ...

Since weight-loss drugs that target the hormone GLP-1 have surged in popularity, some additional health benefits have emerged. Beyond helping people shed pounds, they also lower the risk of heart ...

A study using Swedish patient data found anti-obesity drugs were linked with fewer hospitalizations related to alcohol use, adding to a body of work suggesting these drugs could potentially be used to ...

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro, which also treat diabetes, may help users battling drug and alcohol abuse as well. A study published in the Addiction medical journal Wednesday showed ...

The blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on drinking, new research published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry suggests. In a study of around 228,000 people in Sweden who had ...

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, ...

Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.

Despite the growing prevalence of addiction among seniors, many cases go undetected even in health care settings where older ...