Addiction

A Swartz Creek mother is telling other parents to never lose hope, after losing her son Brandon to addiction last year.

Did you know that there are actually drug take-back sites in Flint that are open all year-round?

Everywhere you go you see people that appear to have their cell phones physically attached to their ears and thumbs for fear that if don’t stay glued to the godforsaken thing they just might miss out on something as important as a Facebook status update or the latest social commentary in the form of a meme. If you are one of these people, the good news is, you are not alone.

Cravings for ice cream may not be all in your head. A new study finds the sweet stuff can be every bit as addicting as cocaine.

In the quest to discover why some people drink heavily while others don’t, researchers have found the answer may actually be quite simple: brain differences between the groups make alcohol consumption feel better to the heavier drinkers.

Researchers in China find internet addicts have brain changes similar to those with drug or alcohol problems.

It turns out suffers from alcohol dependency might be able to kick the habit by doing what comes natural… texting. Yup, a new study has found actual evidence that there may be a health benefit to text messaging. Research with young problem drinkers found those who sent and received weekly text messages tracking their alcohol consumption drank less at the end of the 12-week program than they did at