Two years ago, Tyler Yates lost his best friend to an overdose. At the urging of another person in the recovery community, Yates said his best friend stopped taking buprenorphine — a medication used ...

It is tempting to think that people in the medical community, and especially physicians, are immune from bias and stigma. They are highly educated and well trained, and we might suspect that they ...

Cropped portrait, hand holding Suboxone pill, two people holding hands. If a person with opioid use disorder overdoses and survives, that person can either seek help or continue using. When the person ...

Almost 300 community members participated in PEER Services’ 10th annual Step Up for Recovery event Sunday. The event is a fundraiser for PEER Services, a nonprofit that provides community-based ...

A popular class of therapies for treating diabetes and obesity may also have the potential to treat alcohol and drug ...

More than 48 million Americans — 16.8% of the 12-and-older population — have a substance use disorder (SUD), according to the ...

A substance use disorder (SUD) is a treatable, chronic disease characterized by a cluster of cognitive, behavioral and ...

Nichole Nidey is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health. She studies maternal child health and substance use during pregnancy and ...

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

A popular class of therapies for treating diabetes and obesity may also have the potential to treat alcohol and drug ...