Physical exercise is one of the main recommendations for maintaining good health. However, when practiced compulsively and ...

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When patterns of opioid use cause significant distress or impairment, you may be experiencing opioid use disorder. While anyone who uses opioids can develop this condition, certain risk factors ...

Just before Christmas, the FDA approved a new tool in the government’s unrelenting and largely unsuccessful battle on opioid abuse. The tool screens for a genetic susceptibility to opioid use disorder ...

Sooner or later we all ask ourselves this question. Surprisingly, there are some but no definite answers. This blog entry will discuss some of what is known about risk factors for developing drug ...

There are many theories about the causes of addiction, the use and abuse of legal and illegal psychoactive substances. Biology, psychology, and social and cultural elements all play a role in the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - We’re learning a lot in recent years about opioid abuse: how it happens, how to prevent it, and how dangerous it can be when drugs like fentanyl are involved. Untreated mental ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Before Dr. Bobby Mukkamala — an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Michigan — prescribed postsurgical opioids ...

A test that uses a cheek swab to assess whether people have an elevated risk of becoming addicted to opioid medications received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week.

Factors other than pain may increase the risk of long-term use of strong pain-relieving drugs after surgery, according to a study in the September issue of the International Anesthesia Research ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

As drug overdose deaths have risen sharply in recent years, a pattern has emerged: Reflecting the historic losses felt by inner city families, increasingly families in the suburbs are enduring a wave ...