NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN BATTLING THE OPIOID CRISIS FOR YEARS, BUT A GROWING NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES ARE FACING QUESTIONS OVER HOW TO DEAL WITH AN HERBAL SUPPLEMENT THAT CAN MIMIC OPIOID LIKE EFFECTS IN ...

A Rutgers-led study found that genes related to impulse control and reward processing are major factors in addiction risk. Researchers analyzed genetic data from over 2.2 million people to understand ...

The search for a safer opioid has followed pain medicine for decades. Doctors still need strong drugs for surgery, major ...

For decades, addiction was viewed as a personal failure. Science now shows that addiction risk is rooted in our genetics. A study published in Nature Mental Health has revealed that genetics accounts ...

Despite living amid a well-documented national opioid epidemic, patients taking prescription opioids show little concern over addiction risks associated with the drugs, according to a recent ...

Hepatitis C affects about 2.7 million Americans today. Injection drug abuse accounts for a large percentage of this population. Hepatitis C is a chronic infection that causes liver damage in many ...

While vaping has been touted by manufacturers as a safer smoking alternative, the public health community is careful to point out the risks. Since the introduction of e-cigarettes to the U.S. in 2007, ...

Research reveals vaping is linked to serious health risks risks in teens. With 1.6 million kids vaping, here's what parents ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genes tied to impulse control, reward processing and risk‑taking play a larger role in addiction risk than genes linked to any ...