Alcohol withdrawal causes mild symptoms like nausea, tremors, and anxiety, as well as severe symptoms like seizures, ...

To help someone struggling with alcohol, offer non-judgmental words of encouragement, avoid chastising them, and actively ...

Alcoholic cirrhosis is the severe, final stage of alcohol-associated liver disease, resulting from long-term heavy alcohol consumption. The disease involves permanent scarring of the liver, which ...

In today’s Health Headlines, how anti-obesity drugs may help treat alcohol use disorder, is it okay to microdose GLP-1s, and ...

A study using Swedish patient data found anti-obesity drugs were linked with fewer hospitalizations related to alcohol use, adding to a body of work suggesting these drugs could potentially be used to ...

WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab has released a new educational resource, titled “Does Health Insurance Cover Alcohol Rehab Treatment?“, now available online. The article examines how insurance plans ...

A drug that once showed promise as a treatment for alcohol use disorder did not work as expected, a new UCLA clinical trial found. The drug, ibudilast, is approved for the treatment of asthma and post ...

As a cancer survivor, I overcame alcohol addiction and urge others to seek support, safe detox and sobriety to improve their treatment and recovery. In 1997, I went to substance abuse treatment three ...

Disulfiram, often known by the brand name Antabuse, was approved by the FDA-in 1951 as a first-line treatment for patients with alcohol abuse disorder (AUD). Most physicians today don't prescribe it ...

In a new statistical analysis, researchers have found evidence that drugs like Ozempic may help curb alcohol and opioid addiction. Published in the journal Addiction, this new study saw researchers ...

Scientists have embarked on a radical experiment to use “zapping” to reset cells inside the brain to try and help people addicted to drugs or alcohol. Doctors at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller ...