In U.S. adults, hospitalizations involving alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) are common, according to a study.

Expanded access to addiction treatment and the overdose-reversal med naloxone likely prompted a 37% reduction in OD deaths ...

Research hints that medications like Zepbound and Wegovy could provide new ways to treat opioid and alcohol abuse.

Drinking alcohol causes cancer, too, and we’ve known that for at least 37 years, since the World Health Organization (WHO) first published findings in 1987. Yet sales remain strong: In 2023, the ...

Researchers examine the association between prescriptions of diabetes drugs and the incidence of alcohol intoxication and ...

If you have been planning to stop drinking – do it today. While it may not be easy, drinking too much or too often can take a ...

A recent study found significant reductions in opioid overdose and alcohol misuse among people taking GLP-1 drugs like ...

Drinking too much has also long been associated with depression and anxiety, digestive issues, memory problems, and lowered ...

Research provides evidence that a drug used to slow the progression of the disease ALS shows promise in suppressing the self-renewing cancerous stem cells that challenge the present standards of care ...

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New research shows that Ozempic and similar drugs reduce opioid overdoses by 40% and alcohol intoxication by 50% in people ...

The weight-loss drugs are linked with reduced rates of excess drinking and opioid overdoses, suggesting they may tamp down ...