A study in the JAMA Psychiatry journal revealed a surprising health risk among older Americans. Researchers compared data ...

Could GLP-1 medications curb problem drinking in the same way that they cut eating in people who are overweight or obese? The Minneapolis VA Health Care System and 18 other federal hospitals are ...

The leading preventable cause of death in the United States is tobacco and second is poor diet and physical inactivity. Care to guess what comes in third? You can’t be faulted if you guessed opioids ...

According to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry, an estimated one out of every eight Americans struggles with an alcohol disorder. Tracking the alcohol consumption habits of 40,000 Americans, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday announced a clinical trial to test whether injectable semaglutide, a GLP-1 ...

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WELCOME BACK. APRIL IS ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH, AND ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH, ALCOHOLISM IS A GROWING PROBLEM FOR OLDER ADULTS. JOINING US NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AND ALSO THE ...

DOUGLAS - In order to reduce Wyoming's alcohol abuse problem and the law enforcement and social issues that accompany it, policy makers have to stop treating the symptoms and focus on prevention. That ...

Your body absorbs alcohol much more rapidly after bariatric surgery. Patients need to know this when they choose the kind of surgery they will have. Bariatric surgery can come with a price. Patients ...

April is National Alcohol Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), which works to raise awareness about the treatment and prevention of alcoholism, ...