About 27 million American adults, roughly the population of Texas, struggled with alcohol use disorder last year, according ...
Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe liver condition caused by long-term heavy alcohol use, leading to inflammation and potential liver failure. Symptoms include jaundice, nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, ...
Alcoholic cirrhosis is the severe, final stage of alcohol-associated liver disease, resulting from long-term heavy alcohol consumption. The disease involves permanent scarring of the liver, which ...
According to the NHS, alcohol misuse is "when you drink in a way that's harmful, or when you're dependent on alcohol." ...
Substance-abuse professionals say a clinical trial studying Ozempic’s potential to treat alcoholism shows promise. But Dr. James Besante, chief medical officer at Sante Fe Recovery Center in New ...
Since 1966, both the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Psychiatric Association have recognized alcoholism as a disease. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the ...
An 18-week experimental study, published in Alcohol Clinical & Experimental Research, examining the effects of the drug, ...
As weight-loss drugs like Ozempic revolutionize weight loss, scientists hope they may also be life-changing for alcohol addiction. The drugs are one of several approaches doctors and psychiatrists ...
The US Surgeon General’s Advisory in 2025 on alcohol recommended updating the warning label on alcohol-containing beverages to include cancer, counseling patients about alcohol as a cancer risk factor ...
The best-case scenario on alcohol related liver disease is a remission from physical symptoms and a restoration of liver function to a level where the patients can live a life as close to normal as ...
As a family/veteran-owned organization, we are committed to providing the highest quality of care possible. THR is built on the belief that removing drugs from the equation is just the beginning. For ...