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07/25/2018 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Doctors are trained to mass diagnose nearly everyone with depression (and put them on psychiatric drugs)

Health professionals will be the first to say that depression is a serious mental illness that must not be taken lightly — and yet it would appear that they themselves are guilty of doing so, relying only on a simple questionnaire created by a pharmaceutical company to arrive at a diagnosis. The PHQ-9 questionnaire has been […]

06/22/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Carrie Fisher was on cocaine and heroin at the time of her death, autopsy finds

The late actress Carrie Fisher may have taken a cocktail of hard drugs only a few days before her death. A toxicology report released six months after Fisher’s sudden death revealed that she had traces of cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy in her system when she died, TheGuardian.com reported. The report showed that the cocaine may have been taken […]

06/22/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Baltimore drug epidemic rages on as city health officials run low on naloxone

Baltimore’s supply of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone is running low, leaving the Maryland city to sink even deeper into a drug epidemic that has been raging for decades. City health officials have only about 4,000 doses of the drug left — a supply meant to last until May next year, BaltimoreSun.com reported. The remaining […]

05/19/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Genetics does play a role in social media use, study finds

If you’re nursing a social media addiction, you may have your genes to blame. A recent study from the Kent State University has found that genetics, more than environment, has a big impact on one’s social media use, MedicalXpress.com reports. The study, done by researcher Chance York, used a behavior genetics framework and twin study data […]

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