Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drugs used to treat alcohol use disorder have been on the market for decades but are rarely prescribed. Krit of Studio OMG/Moment ...

University of Washington Medicine is taking part in a nationwide clinical trial testing whether GLP‑1 drugs for weight loss and diabetes could actually help people cut back on drinking.

Bipolar disorder and alcohol problems seem to go hand-in-hand, leading to a widespread belief that drinking acts as a kind of 'self medication' to ease bipolar's life-altering symptoms of mania, ...

Beware — too many High Noons could leave you highly hospitalized. Overconsumption of any alcohol is notably bad for your ...

Brain activity related to how young adults value reward appears to be linked to longer-term drinking patterns, according to a ...

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a serious and often misunderstood condition affecting millions of people in the United States. Despite alcohol’s cultural normalization, AUD contributes to a staggering ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. The tide has largely turned against alcohol. Drinking, at least in moderation, was once seen as a harmless—or even ...

Scientists are now exploring whether they also influence dopamine signaling.

Deaths from alcohol show no sign of declining, and some experts are calling for stronger regulation of alcohol advertising and more specialist services to meet demand.

A new CDC report underscores that drinking during pregnancy, while generally thought of as a thing of the past, is still a ...

More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had alcohol use disorder—the medical term for the disease commonly known as alcoholism—in 2022, when the most recent national data was published. The ...