Just before Christmas, the FDA approved a new tool in the government’s unrelenting and largely unsuccessful battle on opioid abuse. The tool screens for a genetic susceptibility to opioid use disorder ...

A test that uses a cheek swab to assess whether people have an elevated risk of becoming addicted to opioid medications received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week.

The Democratic mayor of San Francisco is pushing a pair of controversial public safety proposals on the March 5 ballot, including one that would require single adults on welfare to be screened and ...

young teenager girl hand using mobile phone or smartphone on gray wall background Determining when smartphone use has become an addiction in patients is tricky. Researchers outline what to look for.

Addiction screening tools might not just detect addiction they might define it. Researchers from Curtin University argue that the ways we measure addiction can shape who is considered addicted and how ...

Organization gets $160,000 first-year funding to serve people in recovery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Gardner and the Gardner Community Action Team, in collaboration with Alyssa’s Place Peer Recovery and Support Center, ...

Real Stories of Addiction and Hope, a documentary by Emmy Award--winning producer Adam Oberfeld, will be screened on February 19, 2026, at The Gordon Center for Performing Arts in Owings Mills, ...

BISMARCK-The North Dakota House approved a bill to require people participating in an employment plan under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to go through addiction screening. House ...

After nearly a decade in and out of treatment for an addiction to opioids, a patient of Daniel Lewis, MD, told him she was finally ready for permanent recovery. "The day she said, 'That's it, I need ...