The 2026 U.S. Dept. of Defense (DoD) Appropriations bill directs annual funding to study gambling addiction, marking the first time since 1997 that a federal agency has been funded and tasked with ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process ...

Al-Aly and his colleagues found that people starting the GLP-1 drugs had lower risks of developing addiction to multiple ...

Seven years ago, only Nevada allowed wagering on sporting events. After the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a ban on sports gambling, sports betting has spread to all but a dozen states. But a ...

People struggling with many addictions, ranging from opioids to gambling, are reporting similar experiences in clinics, on social media and around dinner tables.

The blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may help people cut back on drinking, new research published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry suggests. In a study of around 228,000 people in Sweden who had ...

In fact, they found it to work even better than the current most-effective drug for treating alcoholism on the market. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, over 28 ...

Large veteran study links GLP-1 diabetes drugs to lower risk of developing substance use disorders and fewer overdoses, hospitalizations and drug-related deaths.

GLP-1 agonist medications such as Ozempic have been game changers in the treatment of obesity and diabetes. Recently, a new study found evidence that Ozempic may be a promising medicine for ...