On the Feb. 5 episode of 'The Viall Files' podcast, 'Summer House' star Carl Radke recalled "holding a jar of cocaine in my hand" when he saw an online article praising how he appeared to be coping ...

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A new study reveals that heavy drinkers with depression experience the same level of buzz as those without depression, challenging the long-standing belief that alcohol's pleasurable effects diminish ...

Whippets, also known as laughing gas or nitrous oxide, are becoming the new drug trend among young adults. A young woman who says she was using more than ten tanks daily spoke with NBC News' Valerie ...

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy unveiled a report in January on increased cancer risk associated with alcohol use, even ...

They’re “the best thing to ever be invented.” For some they’re an “unhealthy addiction.” Others, meanwhile, are using them to ...

When you drink alcohol, the brain ramps up the release of a chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA, which helps us ...

GLP-1 drugs mimic a hormone that sends the brain signals of fullness. Researchers theorize that the drugs could work the same ...

Consuming alcohol, even in moderate amounts, is associated with health harms, but participating in “Dry January” and using ...

Only a tiny percentage of people addicted to alcohol or drugs take medication for it. Why not? It's complicated, but the ...

Furthermore, for some people, seltzer and other carbonated beverages can cause bloating or gas — and for those ... mean you can start swigging just any drink with bubbles. The study focused ...

Sarah thinks that there wasn't one specific cause for her casual drinking to spiral into addiction - she feels it was somewhat inevitable. "Alcoholism is just in a person's make-up, sometimes ...