The blockbuster injections that began life as humble diabetes medications have rapidly evolved into one of modern medicine’s most surprising success stories. First they reshaped weight-loss treatment, ...

Weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic may become the new frontline warriors in treating and preventing drug and alcohol addiction, a large new study shows. The research, published Wednesday in ...

Prescription weight loss drugs have been lauded as the miracle drug for treating diabetes and obesity, but new research suggests that these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor ...

Mary started drinking regularly in the early nineties, when she was thirteen. Her father had recently married a Danish woman and moved the family to Denmark, which has one of the highest teen-drinking ...

A large study of data from Veterans Affairs finds that people on GLP-1 drugs were less likely to develop substance abuse disorder or overdose.

The other side of the conversation is rooted in an older view that suggests addiction is a moral failing. The addicted person simply chooses to use drugs due to their defective character, and drugs ...

You heard a lot about taking drugs if you grew up, like I did, in the 1960s. Come to think of it, you heard a lot about drugs if you grew up in the 1970s, 1980s, and, like my kids, the 1990s and 2000s ...

People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...