Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

Living with chronic pain is a challenge affecting millions of people daily. From back pain to arthritis, fibromyalgia to migraines, finding relief often requires a multifaceted approach. One of the ...

Most people think addiction means a person has severe withdrawal when not taking alcohol or drugs. But withdrawal symptoms ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For the past two decades, health professionals have conducted research comparing addiction to other chronic diseases. One local hospital reminds people that it's important for loved ...

DENVER — Addiction is a disease that affects more than the addict. It can take a toll on everyone close to the person trying to cope. Kevin Petersen is a family and mental health therapist and the ...

July 11 (UPI) --While scientists have long noted a complex connection between a person's addiction to opiates, or "opioid use disorder," and chronic pain, the brain mechanisms linking the two have ...

Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) may be effective in the treatment of refractory chronic pain, early research suggests. Preliminary data from a retrospective chart review of patients with chronic pain showed ...

Adults with chronic pain who participated in New York State's (NYS) Medical Cannabis Program were significantly less likely ...

Johnson & Johnson and Purdue Pharma — two of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies and opioid manufacturers — are involved in extensive settlement talks for their contributions to the national ...

Multiple sclerosis patient Laura Johnson leans over the kitchen counter at her home in Shafer, Minn on July 18, 2019. She rests her chin on her hands, looking over at urn that contains her son's ...

“This randomized controlled trial shows that a smoking intervention based on chronic disease management principles of care […] is approximately 75% more effective at accomplishing long-term abstinence ...

Re “The Other Victims of the Opioid Crisis,” by Maia Szalavitz (Opinion guest essay, Sunday Review, March 13): Thank God someone is finally addressing these draconian, though well-intentioned, ...