WASHINGTON - Addiction isn't just about willpower. It's a chronic brain disease, says a new definition aimed at helping families and their doctors better understand the challenges of treating it.

The session explored how long-term use of substances affects thinking, behaviour, and everyday decision-making and why ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...

The Deadliest Drug, a new investigative series, shows that the alcohol epidemic is a generational failure of the medical and ...

After rising exponentially since 1979, overdose rates have finally begun to decline, falling more than 29 percent since 2022.

Summary: A new comprehensive review reinforces the substantial toll alcohol consumption takes on global health. The research ...