Medications

Increasing use of legally available drug use highlighted

Researchers from the University of Dundee have warned that a drug intended to treat neurological disorders such as epilepsy and anxiety is increasingly being used in the UK as a substitute for illegal drugs.

Gerontology & Geriatrics

Serious falls are a health risk for adults under 65

Adults who take several prescription medications are more likely to experience serious falls, say Yale researchers and their co-authors in a new study. This heightened risk can affect middle-aged individuals—a population ...

Medications

Fentanyl deaths up 122 percent in West Virginia, researchers say

If heroin is coffee, fentanyl is espresso. Just as a miniscule cup of espresso can hype you up more than a whole mug of coffee, a single exposure to fentanyl can get a user vastly higher than injecting the same volume of ...

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