May Wilkerson

With the holidays creeping ever closer, you’re probably getting a list together and getting mentally prepared to brave the most popular shopping day of the year – what’s known as “Black Friday” (the day after Thanksgiving). To make it...

Psychological factors like stress and PTSD could play a major role in determining why people drop out of opioid addiction treatment programs before completion, a new study finds. Methadone Programs and Dropout Rates Researchers examined the impact of stress...

Megan is six months pregnant, but has not seen a doctor or received any prenatal care for herself or her baby. Why? Megan is also an addict. As a resident of Tennessee, she can be charged with felony abuse...

Asha Brown was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was five years old. She needs to take insulin every day to survive, but the medicine has a common side effect: weight gain. As a teenager, Asha began taking...

As the U.S. heroin epidemic grows, wait lists for overcrowded treatment centers are getting longer, a new report finds. In Florida, for example, wait lists for federally-funded rehabs average about a month. And in Maine, the wait times can...

Women who are bisexual or questioning their sexual orientation may be at higher risk of eating disorders than straight or gay women, according to a new study published in the journal Eating Behaviors. The study also highlighted the importance...

Microdosing is a term used to describe the act of routinely taking very small doses of a hallucinogenic drug – like LSD or magic mushrooms. And according to a report from Weird Science, the dangerous trend is gathering force...