The ancient practice of mindfulness may be a powerful tool in fighting the modern-day epidemic of opioid addiction, new research suggests. In a series of studies, an eight-week course in mindfulness ...

In Variety‘s Recovery Issue, prominent entertainment figures offer insights on navigating a sober life in Hollywood. For more, click here. Medical and public health professionals have gained a more ...

Editor's Note: This hour discusses topics of drug addiction that some listeners may find disturbing or offensive. Christina Delos Reyes, co-director of Addiction Recovery Services and director of the ...

More than 70,000 Americans died of overdoses in 2017, yet insurers spent only 1% of their total health care dollars on treatment for substance use disorders — a decrease from two years earlier. This ...

Self-help groups and medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone) both play important roles in opioid addiction treatment. The relative use of these two treatment modalities has not been ...

Joe Biden authored one of the most audacious pieces of legislation ever proposed near the end of his Senatorial career: “The Recognizing Addiction as a Disease Act of 2007.” The United States Congress ...

Alicia Reddy, a nurse known as the “addiction angel” of Staten Island, New York, for her unwavering efforts to help those addicted to opioids quit, told me about one addict who couldn’t stop using ...

Bad habits, by definition, are things we wish we didn’t do. But not all bad habits are equal. Nail-biting is an annoying, embarrassing bad habit. Smoking is a habit that’s significantly worse for our ...