Evidence continues to mount suggesting that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on cigarettes, ...

Drugs originally designed to treat diabetes and obesity are reshaping medicine in unforeseen ways. Their impact on public health is really unprecedented in modern times, perhaps only upstaged by ...

From online forums to the clinic, people have reported that diabetes and weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy can ...

A large new study suggests they may drastically reduce the risk substance use disorders and drug-related deaths.

In 524,817 adults with T2D, GLP-1 RA use was associated with lower incident alcohol, cocaine, cannabis, opioid, and nicotine ...

Individuals with opioid use disorder can get “stuck” in particular patterns of brain activity, a new Yale study finds. And this stickiness is more pronounced after they’ve seen images related to ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more likely to stay in treatment. Those on 17 to 24 ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious and complex condition affecting millions of people across the country and contributing to a national public health emergency. Yet stigma and misinformation about ...

Mayor Sarno was joined by Health & Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris to announce the recipients of the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund Mini-Grant Program.

Opioids such as fentanyl are "indiscriminate killers" that can be misused by people from all walks of life. But where you ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri DOC of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.