Young adults today are digital natives—naturally fluent with devices and online platforms—so some of their most effective ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A brief intervention reduced the frequency of alcohol use by 40% among high-risk teens with chronic medical ...

Seeing your teenager struggle with alcohol can be a heartbreaking experience. Alcohol use can have serious consequences for young people, impacting their physical and mental health, academic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Weekly alcohol consumption was 11 g lower among students exposed to the intervention. Consumption was even lower ...

Short one-on-one discussions about alcohol consumption in a doctor’s office may reduce patients' drinking levels, according to a study. Findings published in the Addiction journal indicated that brief ...

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), has updated its comprehensive and research-based booklet and website to ...

Alcohol is associated with over 88,000 deaths annually and is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States. We are working on developing novel interventions to prevent alcohol use ...

As patients come into clinic and receive appropriate follow-up, we can hopefully find ways to mitigate the increase in alcoholic hepatitis, said Nancy Reau, MD, section chief of hepatology at Rush ...

Lynn was an active alcoholic for many years. During that time, she alienated a lot of people and became “an impossible mother.” She says, “I was totally obnoxious when I was drunk. My son and I had ...

Our approach to working with families is immersed in the “why” we do what we do. We know what it's like to be in the grip of addiction and to come out the other side. It is with grace that we have ...

Q: My sister-in-law is friends with a woman I see socially about three times a year. She is a high-functioning alcoholic: She doesn’t drink during the day but becomes a slurry obnoxious mess at ...

Matthew Perry says he felt "freed" when he learned that addiction was a disease. "I just thought I was weak," he said. (Photo: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) Matthew Perry credits Friends for saving ...