Choosing not to engage in sexual activity is more common than we may think. Whether it’s taking a break due to health-related reasons or is based on personal and religious beliefs, the meaning of ...

You abstain - and you gain. This ascetic principle has long been preached by many religious leaders, medical doctors and others. It could be abstaining from pre-marital sex or practising celibacy, ...

A new study links repeated binge drinking to persistent brain inflammation that reshapes mood, fear learning, and relapse ...

While some heavy drinkers can moderate, others cannot. A professionally guided trial of moderation can open the door to ...

In patients with stimulant use disorder (SUD), even slight reductions in drug use can lessen depression and reduce cravings, a new analysis showed. Abstinence has long been the overall goal of SUD ...

President Bush’s proposal to almost double the amount of money the federal government spends on abstinence education to $273 million in fiscal 2005 has raised the stakes in the battle over what to ...

Big Apple abortion protesters were in support of a sex strike Saturday — as “abstinence” started trending on Twitter in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “If you’re a ...

WASHINGTON – President Obama allocated zero dollars toward abstinence-only education in his 2011 federal budget. He did the same in his last budget. But a landmark study published in the February ...