The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders—and reduce the tragic outcomes they cause, a large new study ...

The government has launched £20m worth of grants for technology to help fight drug and alcohol addiction in the UK. The funding, which will be delivered through Innovate UK, aims to support the ...

A large study analyzing the health records of more than 600,000 patients in the United States found that people taking GLP-1 medications showed lower rates of substance use disorders, a discovery that ...

Douglas County commissioners will consider how to allocate opioid-settlement and special alcohol tax funding on Wednesday – and whether to change the way those requests are handled in the future. The ...

Is it just me, or have you noticed the disproportionate number of students who have addictions today? I hear Generation Z students freely acknowledge addictions to pot, vaping, sex, alcohol, and even ...

(The Conversation) – A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) A patient of mine, ...