Naltrexone has long been used to treat alcohol use disorder. Now it’s gaining attention as a tool for people who want to cut ...

In 2023, 30 per cent of men and 26 per cent of women surveyed said they wanted to reduce the amount of alcohol they drink - Getty If drinking is having a negative effect on your life, it’s hardly ...

Participating in peer-support recovery groups is associated with ongoing abstinence among Japanese men following treatment for alcohol dependence (AD). But smoking and consuming non-alcoholic beer are ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Alcohol Awareness Month is a public health initiative organized in April 1987, and has grown into a national movement to draw more attention to the causes and effects of ...

The new year is an opportunity to hit the reset button on your health, especially if you overindulged over the holidays. For many people, that means diving into Dry January by vowing to give up ...

When a friend or loved one shows signs of alcohol addiction, it can be difficult to know how to help. Alcohol addiction, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a disease that affects the brain ...

Researchers came to Dr. Chris Knowles’ school in England when he was 18 years old to run an experiment. They wanted to see which novice drinkers responded the most to alcohol and who would later go on ...

Academics and well-meaning elites do alcoholics and addicts no favors in their effort to make them feel better about their situations (“Destigmatizing Drug Abuse Is a Dopey Idea” by Naomi Schaefer ...

Chapel Hill, NC -- A collection of drunken rats are helping University of North Carolina researchers understand how brains repair themselves after chronic drinking, and possibly find new ways to help ...

Alcoholics Anonymous just turned 90 years old A.A. started booming in popularity after a 1941 article in The Saturday Evening Post Typically, A.A. meetings are held at churches and other local meeting ...