May 5, 2016 Students eating seeds to cause hallucinations, Massachusetts school officials warn School officials in a Massachusetts town are warning parents that some students are eating plant seeds to cause hallucinations.
May 4, 2016 Opioid addicts are getting high on diarrhea medicine, and dying In yet another sign that the U.S. is facing a mounting opioid epidemic, people are trying to get high, or at least temper their opiate withdrawals, off an anti-diarrhea drug commonly sold under the brand name Imodium, reports NPR.
May 3, 2016 Heavy drinking may make it harder to quit smoking Alcohol-dependent people quickly process nicotine in their bodies and that may make it more difficult to quit smoking, suggests a small study of Polish men.
May 3, 2016 Teen overdoses on deadly party drug 'MasterCard' An English teen died after taking a type of ecstasy, called “MasterCard,” according to police officials, who issued a dire warning Monday to anyone considering popping the deadly pills.
May 3, 2016 Alcohol's effect on decision-making can derail diet, study finds Alcohol’s impact on decision-making derails more diets than its impact on actual caloric intake, says Eric Rimm, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition and director of the cardiovascular epidemiology program at Harvard’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
May 2, 2016 Maine widens access to overdose reversal drug naloxone Maine lawmakers on Friday overrode a veto from Republican Gov. Paul LePage to make an opioid and heroin overdose-reversal drug more available through local pharmacies.
May 2, 2016 Creed's Scott Stapp talks candidly about bipolar disorder: 'It shattered me' Scott Stapp’s dreams of solo success came to a halt when a very public drug and bipolar- induced breakdown sent him on a downward spiral. Dr. Manny sits down with Creed frontman to talk about his road to recovery
April 29, 2016 'Having weight loss surgery was a huge mistake': One woman's story of addiction Ten years ago, after her gastric bypass surgery at age 22, Katie Pritchard became an alcoholic and a drug addict—and, she says, lost sight of who she really wanted to be.
April 29, 2016 FDA reconsiders training requirements for painkillers The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering whether doctors who prescribe painkillers like OxyContin should be required to take safety training courses, according to federal documents.
April 28, 2016 Studies document risks of assault for health care workers Looking to avoid a profession where the risk of assault is high?