Treatment for opioid addiction with medications is considered the first step in recovery from this life-threatening illness.

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Individuals with opioid use disorder can get “stuck” in particular patterns of brain activity, a new Yale study finds. And this stickiness is more pronounced after they’ve seen images related to ...

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Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious and complex condition affecting millions of people across the country and contributing to a national public health emergency. Yet stigma and misinformation about ...

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech ...

Excess drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD) is common, not easily diagnosed, and often undertreated, with less than 15% of individuals with a lifetime diagnosis receiving any treatment. While ...

Arkansas continues to grapple with the effects of the opioid epidemic with new data showing an upward trend in the number of ...

If individual insurance subsidies are allowed to expire at the end of the year, it won’t just harm the millions, including ...

Steve Tomlin has decades of experience bringing opioid and substance use disorder care to criminal justice populationsBOSTON, ...

River Valley Family Health Centers (RVFHC) announced an expansion of their Medication for Opioid Use Disorder clinic. RVFHC ...