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Several top nutrition and obesity organizations provided the first unified guidelines for helping patients manage their ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent warning about tianeptine – a substance marketed as a dietary ...

There are distinct differences between addiction, dependence, and casual use of a substance. Addiction can stem from everyday habits, especially when a substance is widely available and normalized.

Last year, the Gauteng Department of Social Development withheld funding from nearly half of its drug rehab beds due to baseless findings made by a flawed forensic audit. But as a result of the ...

Rick Perry is a former governor of Texas and U.S. secretary of energy. I’ve spent most of my adult life in public service — ...

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DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Iowa is launching a new system to make mental health and substance use care more accessible, KCCI reports. A law aimed at restructuring the state’s mental health, substance ...

The Texas Medical Board recently disciplined Laredo’s former health authority, who abruptly resigned in December 2023 over an ...