Khaled El-Ghamry consults medical professionals on the reasons behind irritability or agitation during Ramadan ...

I don’t drink anymore. I don’t smoke anymore.” He might have shrugged it off, but reports accumulated in his clinic and ...

The effect was seen across a wide variety of addictive and habit-forming substances, including cocaine, opioids, alcohol, ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use ...

Evidence is mounting that the wildly popular weight-loss medicines known as GLP-1s may also hold potential for treating addiction, and the field may be on the verge of obtaining desperately needed ...

A class of medications best known for treating diabetes and obesity may also reduce the risk of addiction—and help people who already have one, a new study shows.

On her first day of Intro to Psychology in 2012, Mia* struck up a conversation with a fellow freshman named Jack. The two formed a friendship and then a relationship. Eventually, they got married.

New research suggests the weight-loss medications could be powerful tools in tackling substance use disorders.

A large study of data from Veterans Affairs finds that people on GLP-1 drugs were less likely to develop substance abuse disorder or overdose.

In Iran the supreme leader is the heart of a complex power-sharing theocracy and has final say over all matters of state. The killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

President Donald Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in a major new attack by U.S. and ...