Naltrexone has long been used to treat alcohol use disorder. Now it’s gaining attention as a tool for people who want to cut ...

Researchers are studying whether these widely used weight-loss drugs may also be future treatments for alcohol abuse.

About 27 million American adults, roughly the population of Texas, struggled with alcohol use disorder last year, according ...

This informational guide, part of PS's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Cutting out alcohol is the third most common choice for a New Year’s resolution, according to Civic ...

Around 3.04 million people in Japan are believed to suffer from alcohol use disorder, the same level as in the previous study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are limited numbers of FDA-approved medications to treat alcohol and substance use disorders. Preclinical ...

Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Key Takeaways Substance use disorder makes it hard to stop using substances even when they're harmful.Using the term "substance use disorder" helps separate ...

And for anyone whose Dry January might’ve been a little less dry than they planned, there’s still good news. According to the ...

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of ...

Bipolar disorder and alcohol problems seem to go hand-in-hand, leading to a widespread belief that drinking acts as a kind of 'self medication' to ease bipolar's life-altering symptoms of mania, ...