According to a study, individuals suffering from mood and anxiety disorders such as bipolar, panic disorder and major depressive disorder may be more likely to abuse opioids. Researchers found that mood and anxiety disorders ar...

A recent study has found that PROMETAT, a popular but controversial treatment for crystal meth addiction, is no more effective than placebo in reducing crystal meth use, keeping users in treatment, or reducing cravings for crys...

A study of has found that cocaine use is predictive of open-angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma. The study revealed that after adjustments for race and age, current and former cocaine users had a 45 percent increas...

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has presented a whole new definition of addiction accentuating that addiction is really a chronic brain disease and not simply a behavior issue relating to excessive alcohol, dr...

Scientists say in a study that secondhand smoke exposure almost doubles the potential risk of the loss of hearing in teenagers. More than 50 % of all children in the U.S. are in contact with secondhand smoke, so the discovering...

To dispel any uncertainty about the serious harm caused by smoking to babies and pregnant women, the first-ever comprehensive systematic review of all studies over the past 50 years has established clearly that maternal smoking...