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Addiction
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Why do Ozempic and Wegovy seem to treat everything?
It is rare that a drug becomes a household name and even rarer for one to become a…
Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse
Narratives around addiction often reduce it to a series of poor choices, lack of values and weakness. This…
We have tools to solve the opioid crisis – so why aren’t they used?
An opioid treatment clinic in Vermont Jordan Silverman/Getty Early in August, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
The Benefits of Ozempic Are Multiplying
Semaglutide and tirzepatide work by mimicking the action of GLP-1, a hormone found naturally in the body. These…
The surprising mental health and brain benefits of weight-loss drugs
ADDICTIVE STOCK CREATIVES/Alamy; AdoBe stock Kathy Schwartz was 10 years free from alcohol, cigarettes and opiates but every day…
Ozempic and Wegovy linked to lower risk of alcoholism
Semaglutide, sold as Ozempic or Wegovy, is given as an injection to treat diabetes or promote weight loss…
Food, sex, drugs and more – are we addicted to addiction?
OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images What links sex, drugs and sausage rolls? Depending on who you ask, all of them…
Two medicines for opioid addiction also help with compulsive gambling
Treating gambling addiction is currently limited to just talking therapies Joerg Boethling / Alamy Two medicines usually given…
U-M launches interprofessional digital wellness class for sixth graders
Sixth grader Sera Bergman confesses she spends a significant amount of time watching reels—and enjoys it, like most…
Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed
Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building…