Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing addictions have been spreading fast ...

Most people believe that smoking major drugs like heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, or cocaine is much safer than injecting the drug. After all, there are serious risks of major skin abscesses with ...

Semaglutide drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, have helped millions of Americans lose weight, reduce cravings and better manage their type 2 diabetes. Yet other benefits are discovered daily, thanks to ...

WASHINGTON — Of the roughly 15 million Americans who tried to quit smoking in 2022, 5 in 6 failed. It’s a jarring statistic — and an indictment of the treatment options for an addiction that kills 480 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hooked on cocaine or cigarettes? The U.S. government wants drug companies to make a vaccine for that. Convinced of the need for new and better treatments for addiction, the ...

People in their late teens and early 20s may be more sensitive to nicotine and more susceptible to nicotine addiction than ...

People who smoke can become physically dependent on nicotine, which is the chemical in tobacco products that makes them addictive. Individuals who vape may also experience this physical dependency.

LOS ANGELES — Treating nicotine addiction with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) was associated with less weight gain compared with other smoking cessation treatments such as ...

Ozempic can flatten butts and maybe extinguish them, too! Taking Ozempic or its sister drug Wegovy may help some smokers kick the habit, new research suggests. The study compares the effects of eight ...

Experts are concerned that the pouches are another attempt by the tobacco industry to keep people addicted - Getty Last year, Jessica Kent, a doctor working in the department of emergency medicine at ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. For the better part of the past century, the case against nicotine was simple: Smoking a cigarette might feel ...