Americans' use of anti-anxiety medications has increased dramatically, and while medications can play an important role in the treatment of anxiety disorders, they are not risk-free and in some ...

People with anxiety or depression show distinct patterns in their gut bacteria, and commonly prescribed psychiatric ...

Popular anti-anxiety medications may be highly addictive, FDA says. But is the warning too late? Benzodiazepines have high potential for abuse and can cause addiction.

Leading researchers recently reviewing anti-anxiety drug-discovery research have concluded the efforts have been “disappointing” and, more bluntly, “a failure.” ...

The number of prescriptions filled weekly for anti-depressants and anti-insomnia medications have been on the rise, with anti-anxiety drugs seeing the biggest spike and a doctor warns about the ...

Prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications and sleep aids have risen during the pandemic, prompting doctors to warn about the possibility of long-term addiction and abuse of the drugs.

Not that anti-anxiety pills don't have their uses, says Cohen, a graduate of the medical school at Case Western Reserve University, who is now the director of Maryland's Alcohol and Drug Abuse ...

Atlantic salmon exposed to anti-anxiety medication during their migration were more successful in reaching their destination than drug-free fish, researchers reported Thursday in Science.

Packages of the anti-anxiety drug Lorazepam are shown, Feb. 15, 2018. Valium and Xanax are in the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines.

According to a new study published on Thursday in the journal Science, young salmon exposed to anti-anxiety drugs in the water made it past dams faster. But ecologists are doubtful that it means a ...

Clobazam, a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety, has been found to affect Atlantic salmon in similar ways to humans. Exposure to the drug makes the fish less fearful and gives them more ...