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GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in ...

One of Dr. Mo Sarhan’s patients was experiencing intense cravings for opioids and alcohol when the Florida-based doctor offered him a striking solution: the Eli Lilly weight-loss drug Mounjaro.

A drug most often prescribed for diabetes and obesity might soon be prescribed to curb one of the world’s hardest to quit ...

(CNN) — When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answered questions about his stances on antidepressants at a recent US Senate confirmation hearing before becoming US Health and Human Services secretary, he sparked ...

The global drug use disorder deaths have more than doubled since 1990, even as new addiction cases declined, highlighting a ...

Ryan Logan receives funding from National Institutes of Health. Mackenzie Gamble does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

Twitter and Facebook are harder to resist than alcohol and cigarettes, but so is the urge to work, according to new research on people’s daily struggles with self-control and desire. The ...

The subject of addiction swirls with myths and misinformation. It doesn’t help that so many people seem to believe that their own struggle with addiction — or a few drop-ins to Alcoholics Anonymous ...

For over a year, I walked around feeling like my head was underwater. Tasks blurred together; it took longer to think of words. I struggled to follow conversations, and as a result experienced social ...