Alcohol use disorder, sometimes called alcoholism, is a disease that many people feel that they must keep it hidden — from themselves, as well as…
The phrase “addictive personality” gets tossed around a lot these days. The basic idea: While most people can have a cocktail, buy a lottery ticket, or…
A few years ago, Peter Grinspoon, MD, slipped on ice and tore a tendon in his left thigh so badly that he needed surgery to…
SOURCES: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Into Medical Practice, Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 49,…
May 5, 2023 — Aryn Thirp, a 35-year-old mother and blogger from South Jordan, UT, knew something had to change last year when she saw…
The classic picture of someone with alcohol use disorder is someone who always drinks too much and whose life is falling apart because of it.…
Contract negotiations between virtual primary and urgent care provider Carbon Health and health insurance giant Elevance Health have become public after Carbon published a blog…
May 5, 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is making it official — announcing the end of the global health emergency more than 3…
Global healthcare company AmerisourceBergen has announced a strategic partnership with business-to-business telehealth provider SteadyMD, beginning with the companies co-creating and piloting a telehealth offering for…
When consultancy Simon-Kucher conducted its digital health trends survey in 2019, partner Jan Bordon was surprised by the digital immaturity of many healthcare and life…