By last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

Sobriety didn’t restore the old version of me; it allowed me to build a new one from the driftwood of the past,” ...

Should we encourage or discourage a person with a substance use disorder to wait till they "hit rock bottom"? Treatment should start in preaddiction, before the worst case.

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announce the Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...

GLP-1s hold promise as a potential treatment for alcohol and substance use disorders, according to an expert endocrine ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. BOSTON — The president of a leading addiction medicine group issued stark warnings on hardline Trump administration policies on substance use, ...

Telitacicept, a new dual inhibitor of the cytokines B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) and APRIL (a proliferation-inducing ligand), showed efficacy in adults with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) ...

The health and medicine honorees for 2025 reflect the wide-ranging efforts of health tech companies to develop better ways to predict, detect, and treat problems earlier and more conveniently. They ...

Martin Clunes will appear on the series, which is based on his long-running British dramedy. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Robert is an accomplished but headstrong gastroenterologist whose ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AI has potential in addiction medicine, especially regarding risk prediction, but this technology must be used ...

The CDC updates COVID vaccine guidance and stirs controversy over childhood immunizations. And global health experts warn of rising child malnutrition in Gaza. First, let’s take a quick tour through ...