LAS VEGAS — Downstairs was a sensory overload: Roulette wheels spun, slot-machine chimes rang, and dealers hurried to scoop up stacks of casino chips resting in front of busted blackjack hands. Many ...

When Sam Thomas was 15 years old, he learned the word “bulimia” by reading an advice column in the paper. The person who had written in seeking help was a single mother who binged and purged after her ...

It's tough to quit smoking and many people opt for substitutes like nicotine patches or gum to make the transition easier. But does that mean you're picking up another addiction? According to health ...

A new addiction is on the rise. Many call doomscrolling a way to kill time, but it’s really an addiction. Like many addictions that have consequences, doomscrolling creates mental and physical health ...

In 2008, after years of abusing painkillers such as Oxycontin and Lortab, Duluth native Josh Bergstedt enrolled at the Lake Superior Treatment Center. He said he had hoped to be off the metha-done ...

I once treated a young physician who described to me how, while in medical school, he became addicted to online sports betting. It began with the occasional recreational bet on a professional sports ...

In recent years, the opioid epidemic has surged to alarming proportions, casting a shadow over communities worldwide. This crisis, fueled by an increase in the prescription of opioid medications and ...

NORFOLK, Va. — BrightView Health announced Monday that a new addiction Center was open in Norfolk. The center opened at 5357 Henneman Drive and is the 16th BrightView Health location in Virginia.

We lost more than 100,000 people to overdose in 2022. As the former General Counsel to the White House of National Drug Control Policy and NYS OASAS, I offer these following on what states should do ...

Five years ago, in the July 7, 2007 Washington Post, David Walsh wrote, "Video game addiction is a real problem." This has been asserted many times by people who are ready to call almost any excessive ...

NORFOLK, Va — An addiction treatment center has made Norfolk its new home. Avenues Recovery is a national drug and alcohol addiction treatment program with thirteen other centers across the country.

MINNEAPOLIS — A hearing scheduled in federal court Thursday could determine the fate of Minnesota’s largest addiction treatment provider – and impact more than a thousand clients statewide. NUWAY ...