Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using.

Nearly 50 million people in the United States struggle with substance use disorders, and nearly three in four use more than one substance.

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

A large study found that people taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for diabetes were less likely to be diagnosed with substance use disorder.

TAMPA, FL - March 09, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - WhiteSands Treatment Center has published a new educational resource ...

Tomi Akingbade is the founder of the Black Women in Science Network and a Ph.D. student in Neurochemistry at the University of Cambridge. Tomi’s scientific research centers on the inflammatory ...

A newly installed citizen science station at Cary's Downtown Park is inviting visitors to become part of a long-term experiment in watching nature change. The installation, called a Chronolog, looks ...

Meta co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify as the parent company of Facebook and Instagram stands trial in a civil suit accusing the ...

I applaud President Donald Trump’s Jan. 29 executive order known as the Great American Recovery Initiative, but I think it should be renamed the Bill W. and Dr. Bob Initiative, after the founders of ...

Telemedicine addiction treatment has long faced skepticism from medical boards and insurers, often dismissed as less effective than in-person care. Workit Health’s research division, Workit Labs, is ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...