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 ...

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that may explain why people recovering from drug addiction often relapse. Repeated ...

Instead of criminalising those trapped in drug addiction, the focus must shift to treatment, counselling and rehabilitation, says Dr Venkata Lakshminarasimha, Assistant Professor at the De-addiction ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — For many people, the holidays represent the most wonderful time of the year. But for those recovering from substance abuse, this season can be the ...

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