Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol.

For people who consume alcohol or products with THC as a form of recreation, it's important to know which of the two can do the least damage to your health.

What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and well-being? A new ...

About 12 million adults in the United States are affected by PTSD, impacting between 4% and 8% of the adult population—and up ...

A new study has found that chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about two alcoholic beverages a day through fermented ...

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, ...

One of the main physical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal is 'allodynia' -- increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous, which is a clinical sign of chronic pain. In a new ...

The UK government has announced an investment of over £10 million to tackle the country’s growing drug and alcohol addiction crisis ...

The Belgian beer industry, Mexico's tequila makers and Heineken all lobbied governments this summer to resist a push by the U ...

Dudley co-authored a new paper published in the journal Science Advances reporting the first measurements of the ethanol ...

The challenge began in 2013 and was started by Alcohol Change UK. Some benefits of Dry January include improved sleep, weight loss, and increased energy. People struggling with heavy alcohol use ...

Today’s attacks on science come from at least three sources, and it is doing immediate, intermediate, and long-term damage to our country, including my profession of alcohol and drug use medicine.