A new UB study has shown that smoking can inhibit the success of treatment for alcohol abuse, putting people who are addicted to both tobacco and alcohol in a double bind. According to findings by ...

A new medication that helps regulate the brain’s stress receptors may help reduce alcohol use among individuals suffering from alcohol abuse disorder, according to a new study published in the journal ...

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects millions of Americans, but unfortunately only a tiny fraction of those who struggle with alcohol receive any of the FDA-approved, evidence-based treatments proven ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) is initiating a study of "mindfulness-based stress reduction," a technique often used in behavioral ...

From TV and radio commercials to magazine ads and internet advertising, alcohol has a large presence in the United States. For some Americans alcohol is consumed moderately or occasionally, but sadly ...

Individuals who become alcohol dependent before age 25 are less likely to ever seek treatment than those who become alcohol dependent at age 30 or older, according to a new study supported by the ...

In fact, they found it to work even better than the current most-effective drug for treating alcoholism on the market. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, over 28 ...

This is the fourth installment in a series of posts on non-pharmacologic approaches to alcohol and drug abuse. Previous posts reviewed the evidence for weak electrical current for reducing symptoms of ...

The night before Thanksgiving, often called “Blackout Wednesday,” is when most college students and adults are back in their ...

According to recent findings, metabolizing disulfiram into diethyldithiocarbamate-copper complex creates a proteasome inhibitor-like treatment that enables the efficient killing of treatment-resistant ...

Brook was 34 years old when her use of alcohol escalated, a way of coping with a breast cancer diagnosis. “I just decided I’m not gonna go through this straight,” she told Lisa Lang in an episode of ...