When you hear the word “holistic,” there may be a few things that come to mind. Holistic, derived from the Greek word “holos,” or “whole,” means viewing ...

Addiction is a worldwide problem affecting individuals across various social and economic backgrounds, gender and age. Legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco as well as illicit drugs can be addictive.

SAN DIEGO — A team of doctors and scientists at UCSD will spend the next three years working on a model that will use artificial intelligence to help doctors assess a patient's risk level of addiction ...

Scientists have developed two new drug candidates for potentially treating addiction and depression, modeled on the pharmacology of a traditional African psychedelic plant medicine called ibogaine. At ...

Addiction is an illness. The American Medical Association recognized alcoholism as a disease in 1956 and affirmed the brain disease model of addiction in 1987. Yet, unlike most other illnesses, ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

Addiction affects many lives, directly or indirectly. As a caring, empathetic therapist, I use a holistic approach to provide a non-judgmental, safe space where you can feel comfortable discussing ...

PursueCare also announces a new Chief Financial Officer, underscoring move toward comprehensive value-based care, clinical excellence, innovation, and growth. We need to be linking our patients to a ...