A new editorial released this week offers clarity and structure on confusing drug and alcohol addiction terminology for prescribers, users and regulators.

In order to develop new medications for alcoholism, researchers need to understand how alcohol acts on the brain's reward system.

Discovery could lead to new therapies for alcoholism.

Discovery Could Lead to New Therapies for Alcoholism BALTIMORE, Feb.

Acamprosate reduces the number of patients being treated for alcoholism who return to drinking.