If you've tried the usual weight loss approaches-eating well, moving your body and tracking what you consume-but you're still struggling to reach your goal, you may be considering the increasingly ...

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More than 69 percent of Medicaid enrollees with a new diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD) do not receive treatment within 180 days, according to a study published online Nov. 23 in The American ...

The number of Medicare patients who received buprenorphine treatment for their addiction to opioids increased about 70 ...

A US study of more than a million Medicaid enrollees newly diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD), finds most—nearly seven ...

A US study of more than a million Medicaid enrollees, newly diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD), finds most – nearly seven in 10 – are not receiving access to potentially life-saving drugs within ...

A new study shows that THC legalization reduces alcohol consumption—as predicted. But, as many adults switch from alcohol to ...

The opioid epidemic is still primarily a problem among younger people. But as it has worn on, a change has been happening that’s largely gone unnoticed.

BROOKLINE, Mass. — For the past several years, 75-year-old Miguel Laboy has smoked a joint with his coffee every morning. He ...

Nashville's public health director stocked Nashville vending machines with free naloxone, the opioid antidote, in hopes of saving lives.