May 23, 2017 Even one drink a day can up breast cancer risk Just one alcoholic drink per day—even a teeny one—may not bode well for women on the breast cancer front, reports the Washington Post.
May 23, 2017 Dr. Marc Siegel: Treat opioid abusers, don't jail them Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his intention to seek harsher penalties for criminal activity involving opioids.
May 22, 2017 How many US high schoolers binge drink? Teen drinking has dropped in recent decades, but still about one-third of U.S. high schoolers say they drink alcohol, and one in six say they binge drink , according to a new report.
May 22, 2017 Gin recall: What does drinking 77 percent alcohol do to you? If you're a gin drinker in Canada, imbibe cautiously.
May 22, 2017 10-year-old hospitalized after eating pot-laced candy found in dad's car, police say An upstate New York boy was sent to the hospital after eating marijuana-laced candy that was left in his father's car on Sunday, police said.
May 22, 2017 Hepatitis C cases soar in US as officials point to heroin use U.S. health officials said new cases of hepatitis C rose nearly 300 percent from 2010 to 2015, despite the availability of cures for the liver disease, fueled by a spike in the use of heroin and other injection drugs, according to a report released on Thursday.
May 22, 2017 11-year-old revived with Narcan after heroin overdose, police say A Pennsylvania girl was revived with the antidote Narcan after she overdosed on heroin in her home last week, police said.
May 22, 2017 New 'gray death' drug can kill with a single dose, authorities warn A lethal new drug dubbed “gray death” by authorities that is dangerous to even touch with gloves is being eyed in overdose cases across Georgia, Alabama and Ohio.
May 22, 2017 Overcoming opioids: When pills are a hospital's last resort A car crash shattered Stuart Anders' thigh, leaving pieces of bone sticking through his skin.
May 22, 2017 Marijuana-related ER visits spike among Colorado teens The number of marijuana-related ER visits made by teens and young adults more than quadrupled at one Colorado hospital after the state legalized the drug, a new report finds.
