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A new study, published in Addiction, shines a light on how industries associated with health harms—such as tobacco, fossil ...

The exact numbers depended on the type of medication patients took, but the risk of developing Alzheimer’s was up to 70 ...

RiverValley Behavioral Health has added two SMART Recovery groups, with one designed to help families affected by addiction ...

For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who ...

Over the past 400 years or so, a set of mostly unwritten guidelines has evolved for how science should be properly done. The ...

Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip ...

Efforts to decrease alarmingly high rates of suicide among construction workers and prevent burnout in health care workers ...

As Massachusetts public health leaders address gambling addiction, one Scandinavian country offers solutions that put more ...

A growing movement of U.S. health leaders want to strengthen gambling regulations. But they face opposition from the industry ...

While Trump and his gazillionaire friends will benefit greatly from the legislation, I suspect, the middle class, of which I am a member, will see an increase in its federal tax burden (and very ...