ROANOKE, VA – When people picture homelessness or addiction, certain images often come to mind. “What people see are the quote ‘street people.’ They don’t see what’s going on inside of R.A.M. House.

Author Joey McCollum shares how five simple words helped him break free from addiction and reclaim identity, purpose, ...

Are you curious about the world's most unusual habits? People can get hooked on things you might never even consider addictive. While some addictions are widely recognized, there are others that fly ...

Hepatitis C affects about 2.7 million Americans today. Injection drug abuse accounts for a large percentage of this population. Hepatitis C is a chronic infection that causes liver damage in many ...

One of the problems that appear in my addiction practice is the situation of patients with addiction who are also being given “legitimate” prescription medications such as stimulants, benzodiazepines, ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

Working to overcome a history as one of the nation's hardest-hit communities for overdoses, Surry County is launching a comprehensive initiative to identify exactly where people struggling with ...

Generative AI can surprisingly steer people toward an addiction of any kind, either by insidious deceit or via accidental triggering. In today’s column, I examine an important question about the ...