More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had alcohol use disorder – the medical term for the disease commonly known as alcoholism – in 2022, when the most recent national data was published.

Credit: Getty Images. Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment. The ...

A new study published Thursday found that groundbreaking weight loss and diabetes medications also combat opioid-use disorder and alcohol misuse disorder. This is the second study this fall to suggest ...

For a long time, she drank every day, starting at 5 p.m. Eventually, she began drinking at 3 p.m. "There were days near the end where I would decide, 'Today, I'm taking the day off,' and I would drink ...

Drug treatments for alcohol problems are often overlooked by physicians, reports Kaiser Health News. For more on this story, read Emma Yasinski‘s full report in Kaiser Health News.

BOSTON - Above all else, John Bauhs credits a drug for helping him stop drinking - a story line some alcoholics, doctors and drug companies hope will become more common as new treatment options emerge ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Warren Musselman credits his post-alcohol life to two things: finally finding a program that offered counseling he could connect with, and deciding he just ...

Above all else, John Bauhs credits a drug for helping him stop drinking _ a story line some alcoholics, doctors and drug companies hope will become more common as new treatment options emerge. Bauhs ...

Joseph P. Schacht receives funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He has received study medication from Bausch Health. More than ...