Drugs Stories
- American Addiction Centers is a national leader in addiction treatment with dozens of facilities across the country providing inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment services.
- Scientists have found a protein that could mimic the positive effects of exercise on patients with muscular conditions.
- A new study has suggested that smoking weed every day does not help with sleep, but rather compromises sleep quality.
- A paper published Monday in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows that blocking a cellular glucose sensor in muscle improves insulin responsiveness.
- Scientists are working on a way to make your current medicine even more effective by identifying the perfect time of day to take it.
- VOICE trials found that regular use of tenofovir gel reduced the incidence of acquiring HSV-2 by 46 percent in sub-Saharan African women.
- Prescription opioid painkillers account for the vast majority of all ER drug overdose patients, and a recent study has given us an outline of who is most likely to abuse drugs in this category.
- Ibuprofen is just as effective in relieving pain experienced by children with a fractured limb, without the side effects of morphine.
- The Food and Drug Administration Thursday approved Obizur for the treatment of adults with acquired hemophilia A.
- Inflammation may not be considered a common cause of depression, but it's on its way to being the most prevalent. Here's what science knows so far.
- A study suggests that smoking habits have a significant influence on an individual's ability to regain cognitive function when recovering from alcohol abuse.
- Treating hepatitis C-infected prison inmates with Sovaldi, which costs more than $84,000 for 12 weeks of treatment, is cost-effective compared with other FDA-approved treatments.