A common saying at our treatment center is that we all know a loved one, either a friend or family member, who struggles with addiction. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

KEARNS, Utah — A Kearns coalition is getting national attention, finding success with fighting drug addiction in the community. But one might be surprised to find out the exact work Evidence2Success ...

In a recent Journal of General Internal Medicine article, addiction researchers from Oregon Health & Science University write that treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in this country is a clear ...

Patients who meet an addiction medicine consult team while they're in the hospital are twice as likely to participate in treatment for substance use disorder after they go home, according to new ...

Although many narcotic drugs and medications have similar effects or characteristics, each substance is unique. Here are some common examples. From codeine to heroin, there are many narcotic ...

Aversion therapy (AT) is a behavioral therapy that involves repeatedly pairing an undesirable behavior with an unpleasant experience with the goal of discouraging the undesirable behavior. Other names ...

An NIH-funded study found deep learning tools could forecast next-day relapse risk with high accuracy, giving clinicians time ...

Opioid addiction is a pressing public health crisis with far-reaching implications. More than 100,000 deaths a year have been linked to drug overdoses since 2020. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

believes his case proves the point he was trying to make in that April interview – that this region desperately needs a methadone clinic. His inability to get transportation to the methadone clinic in ...

What drives cancer cells to grow and divide uncontrollably turning into cancer? Studies of proto-oncogenes reveal some clues about how normal cellular processes mutate and go awry.

Patients who meet an addiction medicine consult team while they're in the hospital are twice as likely to participate in treatment for substance use disorder after they go home, according to new ...