This Drug Could Save Your Life: Narcan Increasingly Available
The opioid epidemic in this country is unequivocally a disaster. But there’s a miracle drug that could stop those overdose deaths: Narcan.
How Heroin Hooks You
The current heroin epidemic is killing thousands each year, and the problem only gets worse over time. This story is a precautionary tale, a fair warning about the dangers of heroin — the most addictive drug of them all.
Anti-Anxiety Pill Overdoses Skyrocket
While opioids like OxyContin remain the biggest threat to public health in the realm of prescription drugs, anti-anxiety medications — or benzodiazapines, also known as “benzos” — are a close second.
Mayor of Ithaca, NY Wants Supervised Heroin Injection Sites
At the proposed facility, a nurse would be onsite and armed with naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote, in order to prevent ODs or other complications.
How a Q-Tip Could Change Your Life
What if doctors could look at your genetic makeup and offer you a tailor-made treatment plan? Drugs personalized for your unique, individual brain.
From Tiger Blood to Triple Diagnosis: Charlie Sheen’s Struggle
Charlie Sheen has appeared in a whopping 69 films. That’s in addition to his highly successful turn in the sitcom Two and a Half Men. Sheen was diagnosed with HIV in 2011. Just this week, he announced a new diagnosis: bipolar disorder.
Trump Offers Archaic ‘Just Say No’ Approach to Heroin Addiction
Donald Trump remains an outlier when it comes to the issue of addiction. His stance is antiquated and obsolete. It’s pure hogwash, rhetoric of a bygone era.
Hugs Not Heroin: Bernie and Hillary Recognize Mental Health Component of Addiction
Addicts are negligent and neglectful derelicts who are to be castigated and marginalized in society. That’s 20th Century thinking. Bernie and Hillary — on the other hand — understand the mental health aspects of the disease of addiction as they voiced their opinions in Sunday’s Democratic debate.
Psych Report: Walks In Nature Proven to Decrease Anxiety
Subjects in the study were randomly assigned to go on a 90-minute walk through nature in a quiet, leafy area of the Stanford campus. Or on the flipside, next to a noisy highway in Palo Alto, California. The nature walkers experienced lower levels of rumination and showed reduced activity in an area of the brain linked to risk for mental illness.
Psych Report: Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Help Bipolar Depression
Herring. Mackerel. Salmon. Halibut. Tuna. Swordfish. All of these types of fish contain what are called omega-3 fatty acids. Because of their biological importance to the brain, omega-3s just may be helpful in the treatment of bipolar depression.