January 25, 2016 Bush, Christie, Fiorina, Kasich: 2016 candidates can change the way we talk about addiction The recent presidential candidate forum on addiction in New Hampshire can help change the way we talk about addiction, long after the election.
January 25, 2016 More research needed to prevent elder abuse Maltreatment and abuse have important effects on the health, quality of life and even the lifespan of elderly people, but there is very little evidence on ways to stop it, according to a new research review.
January 21, 2016 Lack of resilience as a teen tied to higher diabetes risk as an adult Men who have low resistance to psychological stress at age 18 may face considerably higher risk for type 2 diabetes in adulthood compared to those better able to handle stress, according to new research.
January 19, 2016 Cocaine can make your brain eat itself, say researchers Much like rampaging zombies, brain cells on cocaine can't stop eating brains, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
January 18, 2016 'Microdosing' LSD is the new business fad The big difference between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, the latter suggested, was that the Apple king dropped acid in the ’70s: “I wish him the best, I really do,” Jobs said in 1997.
January 15, 2016 Alcohol nearly killer her; now her story is going viral Hanna Lottritz, then 20, went to a Nevada music festival with friends on July 25 and ended up in a 24-hour coma, having nearly died due to acute alcohol intoxication.
January 13, 2016 Morphine for back pain tied to rapid changes in brain Patients who take morphine pills for lower back pain may experience changes in the volume of the brain's gray matter in as little as a month, a small study suggests.
January 8, 2016 Top medical officer tells Britons drinking any alcohol is risky Britons need to drink less as any alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancer and other diseases, the government's health chiefs said in the first new guidelines issued for 20 years which were denounced by critics as "nanny state" scaremongering.
January 8, 2016 Transgender US veterans suffer more illness than peers, study finds Transgender U.S. military veterans are more prone to dozens of illnesses, from heart disease to depression and obesity, than are their nontransgender peers, a new study shows.
January 7, 2016 Underage youth widely exposed to online alcohol marketing More than half of underage people say they've seen alcohol marketing on the Internet, though few admit to engaging with brands or being a fan online, according to a new U.S. study.