Drug addiction is a chronic, often relapsing disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Despite successful treatment, many individuals struggle to maintain sobriety and may relapse.

Addiction can affect anyone, regardless of background, education, or income. It often starts subtly—using alcohol to unw ...

New AUT research shows one in four gamblers who recover from harmful gambling slip back and return to the habit at a risky level.

Huml Health, a Bentonville-based health care technology startup, will soon offer technology to help people recover from drug ...

Whenever a celebrity is arrested, overdoses, or dies from drugs or alcohol, there is usually renewed media interest in addiction. Most of the time, this means that experts on substance use disorders ...

Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows 40 to 60% of people suffering from drug addiction relapse within the first year. This statistic shows how hard it is to stay sober. But do you ...

Aug. 14 -- WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- It may be possible to prevent a drug addiction relapse by disrupting the brain's attempts to retrieve drug-associated memories, according to new ...

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

NORFOLK, Va. — For some people, getting that extra money from your tax refund could burn a hole in your pocket. Whether it's gambling, drugs, or even shopping, experts say tax season could trigger a ...

Smokers who quit with the help of e-cigarettes often continue vaping, but it is not known whether this promotes or prevents ...

BOSTON — Judges in Massachusetts can order people with addiction to remain drug free as a condition of probation and jail defendants for failing to do so, the state’s highest court ruled Monday in a ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...