Stories from people navigating Substance Use Disorder — diagnosis, treatment, caregiving, and the ordinary days in between.
9 stories
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) represents one of the most persistent public health crises in modern medicine, driving severe
Rayan Salih · August 5, 2026 · 9 min
Endocrinology & Metabolism
The landscape of metabolic medicine has been fundamentally rewritten over the past decade by glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists
Rayan Salih · 9 min read
Health Policy
Pharmacy-based methadone treatment lets patients pick up their daily methadone dose at a local pharmacy instead of an
Dr. Abu Bakar · 7 min read
Mental & Behavioral Health
The opioid use disorder is leading to several issues, and combinations of medication and psychotherapy approaches have gained
Dr. Abu Bakar · 5 min read
Women's Health
Vertical transmission of hepatitis C occurs when a pregnant woman with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection transmits the
Dr. Abu Bakar · 14 min read
Cardiology
In people with type 2 diabetes, healthy behaviors such as a better diet, increased physical activity, smoking cessation
Dr. Abu Bakar · 10 min read
Mental & Behavioral Health
Sports psychology techniques are increasingly being adapted as supportive tools in addiction recovery, especially for athletes and other
Dr. Abu Bakar · 8 min read
Health Policy
Cannabis has long been touted as an insomnia cure, but many experts say it’s not a viable long-term
Rayan Salih · 6 min read
Health Policy
There are few things more distressing in emergency medicine than the care of a patient in acute pain,
Dr. Abu Bakar · 12 min read
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