September is National Recovery Month, a time to shine a light on the power of healing and hope for those struggling with addiction. Unsurprising to most, alcohol use disorder is one of the most common ...

If drinking is having a negative effect on your life, it’s hardly surprising that it’s taken some time for you to decide to ...

What Happens to Your Body During the Stages of Detox and How to Manage It Medically reviewed by Adjoa Smalls-Mantey, MD, DPhil Alcohol withdrawal can be fatal and may require medical supervision.

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced it will review the use of medicines containing sodium oxybate, a drug used in narcolepsy, ...

This is the fourth installment in a series of posts on non-pharmacologic approaches to alcohol and drug abuse. Previous posts reviewed the evidence for weak electrical current for reducing symptoms of ...

The results of studies in mice by scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggest that a receptor found on immune system mast cells may represent a potential target ...

True Blood star Nelsan Ellis struggled with drug and alcohol abuse for years before his untimely death, according to a statement released Monday by the actor’s manager, on behalf of his family. Ellis, ...