Kids who live with -- or have been separated from -- alcoholic or drug-addicted adults have lots to deal with in addition to all the ... Reading about characters who are dealing with loved ones' abuse ...

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcohol and the Brain: An Overview. National Institute on Drug Abuse. What classes of prescription drugs are commonly misused? The Centers for ...

A three-year time limit for child sexual abuse victims to sue for damages will be removed in England and Wales under "long overdue" government reforms, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.

However, a recent Cambridge-led study has found a link between commonly used prescription drugs – including antibiotics, antivirals and vaccines – and a lower risk of dementia. Given these ...

A corner has called for more support for ex-soldiers after an Iraq War veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) died from an accidental drugs overdose. Aeran Taylor ...

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open finds a strong link between prescription trends of obesity ... The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the dual GLP-1 and ...

Prescription drug costs in the U.S. are among the highest in the world, surpassing those in other high-income nations by more than two and a half times. In 2023, the U.S. healthcare system’s total ...

It can occur with prescription or nonprescription drugs. It can also range from mild to severe. Substance use disorder, formerly known as “drug abuse,” develops when substance use interferes ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that some lifesaving generic prescription drug prices are being inflated, sometimes by 1000 percent or more. The FTC says this is the work of Pharmacy ...

Britain will become the first country to introduce laws against AI tools used to generate sexual abuse images, the government announced Saturday. The government will make it illegal to possess ...

On Saturday, President Trump ordered import taxes on goods from Canada, China, and Mexico, a move that could raise costs for consumers across the economy, including in health care. Tariffs of 25% ...

Then, on Biden’s last Friday in office, CMS named the next 15 drug products up for negotiations under the IRA—two weeks ahead of its Feb. 1 deadline. The intention, it seemed, was to highlight the ...