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An expert on opioid use disorder in San Antonio is on a mission to get more Texas doctors qualified to prescribe a medication that has a high rate of…
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For a quarter of a century, humans have been interacting online through the World Wide Web, and along with the easy access to information have been sea…
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Growing up, Judith Grisel struggled with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine. Now as a neuroscientist, she's working to understand the biological basis of addiction. Her new book is Never Enough.
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About 1 percent of the adult population in the U.S. has a severe gambling addiction, according to the National Center for Responsible Gaming. A 2016…
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Overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.Opioids refer to pain relieving drugs, which can be prescribed by a doctor…
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Last month, about $48 million in alcoholic beverages were sold in Bexar County bars, restaurants and venues, according to the Texas comptroller's…
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“A down and out” – that’s the term police use for someone who is passed out in the street, typically from too much alcohol. Each day there are dozens of…
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What started out as web surfing by a healthy teen descended into online obsession and isolation. Was it depression, internet addiction or both? Whatever you call it, rehab is now part of the answer.
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Author Maia Szalavitz argues that it's impossible to destigmatize addiction while also rendering it the only diagnosis in medicine for which the treatment is explicitly moral.
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From Texas Standard: I'm the child of an addict. However, it is a life I only know anecdotally. My father was cured before I was born. But the man in fr...