HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) — National surveys of adults and teens suggest that many Americans have little understanding…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Cigarettes are one accessory today’s California teens are more than willing to forego,…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) — More older Americans are rolling joints or firing up their bongs, a new…
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Enlarge this image Addiction to opioids and heroin is a major public health problem, but so is alcohol abuse. Toby Talbot/AP hide…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2016 (HealthDay News) — The number of young children and teens hospitalized for overdosing on opioid painkillers…
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Enlarge this image After a string of inpatient rehabilitation stays, Louis Casanova, who lives near Philadelphia, says he is still trying to…
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Enlarge this image Public health officials want doctors to consider treating alcohol abuse with medications that have a track record of success.…
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WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) — U.S. laws designed to curb abuse of opioid painkillers haven’t reduced misuse or overdoses by disabled Medicare beneficiaries, a new study suggests. Between 2006 and 2012, states enacted 81 laws to control use of powerful opioids such as Oxycontin and Vicodin. But even with these new prescription-drug monitoring […]
