Prescription drug addiction is an escalating crisis that disproportionately affects women, leading to severe health consequences and devastating impacts on their lives. This issue — often overshadowed ...

Drug addiction is a serious issue affecting millions of people worldwide, and women are not immune to this epidemic. Despite the widespread recognition of the problem, many women go to great lengths ...

Most stories about gambling addiction focus on men. But as the popularity of online betting explodes, women are also ...

Being addicted to ultraprocessed food is now more common than being addicted to alcohol or tobacco in older Americans, and women may be especially affected because of food items they were told were ...

Two recent reports inspired me to write about the topic of women getting treatment for substance use disorder (SUD). The first was a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on ...

PITTSBURGH — Megan Norris, who lives outside Pittsburgh, has battled severe heroin and fentanyl addiction for more than a decade. When she relapsed during her pregnancy earlier this year, Norris knew ...

Mike Osborn and his wife Veronica started Women at the Well. The home just opened this past fall, but has been in the making ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids nonprofit is introducing an addiction recovery program for women. Guiding Light has acquired a new home in downtown Grand Rapids, which will house the women ...

She didn't go food shopping or have gas to heat her home, but Kiki Marriott made sure she still had electricity and wi-fi to ...

Brooks Nader was surprised to see an outpouring of support from women from all walks of life after she opened up about her addiction to weight loss drugs. “I didn’t quite know how many other women are ...

In parts of the U.S., more than half of pregnant women facing severe addiction are also exposed toxic to the toxic animal tranquilizer xylazine, a... Pregnant women and babies face 'terrifying' threat ...