Smartphone use is now a way of life with approximately 85% of Americans owning a device. However, when smartphone use behavior starts to resemble that of gambling and substance use disorder, ...

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 ...

(HealthDay)—A newly developed scale may identify patients addicted to tanning, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in the British Journal of Dermatology. Cecilie Schou Andreassen, Ph.D., ...

Law360 (July 1, 2019, 11:05 PM EDT) -- A UCLA addiction expert called by Johnson & Johnson in Oklahoma's landmark opioid crisis trial testified Monday that doctors have effective screening tools they ...

A thirteen-study collection in Frontiers in Adolescent Medicine shows that youth addiction risk emerges from the interplay of ...

The Republican candidate for Iowa’s open Senate seat, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, visited Thursday morning with youth, parents and staff at Ember Recovery Center and talked about promoting ...

An addiction specialist with strong links to both sides of the border urged a Windsor gathering of international health care providers to heighten their awareness of drug and alcohol abuse indicators.

Medical experts in Hyderabad are calling for a more proactive approach to substance abuse, emphasizing that early screening and stronger referral networks are essential to curbing drug dependency and ...