This article originally appeared on Undark. At age 29, Carl Erik Fisher, a newly minted physician, arrives at Bellevue, the public hospital in Manhattan best known for serving the most challenging ...

Judging by the odds, I’m guessing you know someone who has or had a problem with addiction. For many people that “someone” is a family member. It could be your mom, dad, aunt, uncle, sibling, or ...

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Michael and Cameron Douglas may have overcome addiction, but the trait runs in the family and not all members have been so lucky Cameron Douglas, son of Michael Douglas, has turned his life around and ...

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Two University of Calgary researchers believe the structure of modern-day residency programs can be connected to William ...

Researchers have discovered gender-based differences in response to therapeutic oxytocin treatment in cocaine-addicted individuals with a history of childhood trauma. Oxytocin has been shown ...

Tommy Orange photographed in Angels Camp, California. The genealogical context and abrupt shift from one history to the present day underscores the immediacy of the family’s long struggle with both ...

A history of addiction doesn’t automatically mean a person is disabled and people hoping to be protected by federal law must prove their disability on a case-by-case basis, a federal judge ruled this ...

The actress is currently seeking legal guardianship of her grandson amid daughter Erin Hamilton's substance abuse issues Carol Burnett knows all too well what it's like to see a loved one struggle ...

All across the nation this weekend, Americans will be hooked on history. The Fourth of July is a time to toast the ragtag rebels who defeated a superpower, to contemplate the nation’s fragile founding ...