One or two doses of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, may improve the mental health of cancer patients when accompanied by psychotherapy, a new study suggests. A second new study ...

For weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, 2024 was a big year. More patients are relying on them to manage their weight, treat diabetes, or prevent heart attacks and strokes. And while they are ...

When we think about addiction, our minds often go to the individuals who are struggling directly. But addiction doesn’t exist ...

Researchers have made some surprising breakthroughs in 2024 addiction research, benefitting addicts and their families, as ...

Instead of spending the holidays with family, James Perry is spending it locked up inside Newfoundland and Labrador's largest ...

For the part of the brain that controls alcohol, drug and various other forms of addiction, holidays like today’s (Christmas) ...

As Gwen Perry prepares for a Christmas without contact from her son, who is locked inside a notorious St. John's, N.L., jail, ...

Already established as cornerstone therapies in diabetes and obesity, GLP-1 receptor agonists have now cracked into the ...

Adande said he belongs to “a tribal militia called the United Front,” which is now supporting the Sudanese military in its campaign against the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, a rebel military faction ...

They also stand to benefit from the recent embrace of more medical approaches to drug addiction. Drugs that can reverse an overdose are widely distributed in many cities now. And more doctors are ...

Yakima County has had 140 drug overdose deaths this year, including those with toxicology tests pending, according to the ...

Various public and nonprofit teams are targeting drug use in MacArthur Park, but it's not enough, yet, to solve the public ...