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 ...

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.

The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a pair of controversial public safety proposals on the March 5 ballot, including one that would require single adults on welfare to be screened and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Gardner and the Gardner Community Action Team, in collaboration with Alyssa’s Place Peer Recovery and Support Center, ...

If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline via call, text or chat. A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - We talk often on the show about “just how prevalent” drugs are in our community and how our young people are being exposed to them more than ever before. That’s why The ...

After nearly a decade in and out of treatment for an addiction to opioids, a patient of Daniel Lewis, MD, told him she was finally ready for permanent recovery. "The day she said, 'That's it, I need ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is hosting a screening of a film Tuesday night on opiate addiction. “Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict” will be screened at 6:30 p ...