A church in Alabama's Bible Belt. The state is home to more than 13,000 religious institutions. Leaders from them are being certified as recovery specialists, to better aid those with substance ...

Abdirahman Warsame of Minneapolis once felt alone in his fentanyl addiction. He hopes his personal story resonates with those battling an addiction that has silenced them.

Many studies over the past 25 years have shown that high-sugar and other highly pleasurable foods —often foods that are ultraprocessed —act on these brain networks in ways that are similar to other ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - A nonprofit is giving an old school building in the Conway area a new purpose for those struggling with addiction. The old Waccamaw Elementary School on Highway 90 at East ...

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

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knoxville nonprofit is using paintbrushes and conversation to help people in recovery find new ways to heal. The Metro Drug Coalition offers an art class aimed at helping people ...

Activists saw the hospital as emblematic of the city’s neglect of the area, and community members often called it “the ...

I am the chief of the Newtown Police Department in Ohio and a Marine Corps veteran. I've dedicated my career to serving the public because I believed I could make a difference in the lives of others.

A man standing up from a wheelchair prepares to inject himself with a needle on Southampton Street in the Mass. and Cass area of Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) The debate over how to deal with ...