Drug and Substance Abuse - Page 178

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.

January 4, 2016

This leaf gets people off drugs, but there's a cost

There's a little green leaf that relieves pain and helps people kick heroin, but is also addictive—so should it be legal?

January 4, 2016

Teen smokers may be hard-wired to crave cigarettes

Teen smokers might crave nicotine in part because their brains respond differently than adults to seeing people light up, a small study suggests.

December 31, 2015

Drunk Russian man declared 'dead' wakes up in morgue

A Russian man gave new meaning to the term “dead drunk” — getting so loaded that he was actually declared dead and brought to the morgue.

December 22, 2015

The effects of chronic heavy drinking on brain function are underdiagnosed

Here’s a sobering thought for the holidays: Chronic heavy drinking can cause insidious damage to the brain, even in people who never seem intoxicated or obviously addicted.

December 21, 2015

Opioid abuse propels record US deaths from overdose, CDC says

U.S. deaths from drug overdoses hit a record high in 2014, propelled by abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.

December 19, 2015

The 10 biggest lessons we learned about our health in 2015

When we look back on 2015, we may remember it as the year women got their own "little pink pill," sugar and bacon got a bad (okay, an even worse) rap, and one lucky firefighter got a whole new face.

December 18, 2015

Veterans' PTSD may recur down the line

Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan had a spike in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in the months immediately after their return, but also five years later, according to a Dutch study.

December 17, 2015

US starts pilot program to prevent overdoses on Native American lands

Law enforcement working on tribal lands in Oklahoma will carry a drug that counteracts opioid and heroin overdoses in a pilot program aimed at reducing narcotic-related deaths among Native Americans, officials said on Wednesday.