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Private Equity Firms Trying to Block Efforts to Make Methadone Easier to Prescribe

Recent reports raise the concern that private equity has taken over addiction treatment and is blocking efforts to broaden care.

Seattle Testing Contingency Management for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

A pilot project brings contingency management to the streets of Seattle in an effort to curb overdose deaths.

Using Lifestyle Medicine to Treat Illness by Changing Behavior

Lifestyle medicine is a six-sided approach to improving lifestyles as a treatment for chronic disease.

A Revolution in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

More than a dozen startup companies are in competition to perfect telehealth addiction treatment programs.

BrainWeighve Eating Addiction Telehealth App Expands UCLA Trial

Telehealth provider, eHealth International, expands their UCLA trial of weight loss app, BrainWeighve.

The New York Times Takes a Long Look at Drug Addiction in Baltimore

A deep dive into Baltimore’s supersized overdose deaths from The New York Times and The Baltimore Banner.