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11/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Better than synthetics: Korean hand acupressure alleviates opioid-related nausea

Rather than taking addictive opioid painkillers, it might be safer and better to try traditional Korean medicine. In an entry in Science Direct, Korean hand acupressure was able to alleviate both the pain caused by cesarean delivery and attacks of nausea and vomiting due to opioids. Opioids used to be the go-to medication for relieving […]

08/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Are you addicted to your phone? Signs of mobile phone addiction

Cell phones are even more pernicious than booze, smoking, and drugs because they seem so useful. An article on Be Brain Fit covers the signs of addiction to mobile phones and how to remedy them. There are many signs that you are getting too attached to your cell phone: You find yourself always checking it […]

06/11/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Ketamine seen as “fast-acting” for those who suffer from depression

Ketamine started out as an anesthetic for surgeries, only to quickly get abused as a hallucinogenic party drug. Now a U.S. study is claiming it can serve as a “fast-acting” treatment for people afflicted with clinical depression, an article from the BBC reported. The researchers administered ketamine to participants via nasal spray. It claimed that volunteers with symptoms […]

06/01/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Marijuana use among young people in the U.S. highest it’s been in 30 years

Using medical cannabis to alleviate the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease or numb the pain that comes with PMS is one thing. Smoking weed everyday for kicks is another thing entirely. The number of young Americans who use marijuana on an everyday basis has reportedly reached a record high, according to an article in The Nation’s […]

05/10/2018 / By Edsel Cook

More than 100 people have become sick by smoking synthetic marijuana contaminated with rat poison

An article in LiveScience reports that more than 100 people in five states have ended up in the hospital or even losing their lives after smoking synthetic marijuana. Experts believe the drug is tainted by rat poison that caused severe bleeding in users. The first such incidents took place at the start of March 2018. Before the […]

03/15/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The single biggest preventable risk factor for developing dementia is overuse of alcohol, according to major new study

A major Canadian observational study identified alcohol use disorders as the biggest risk factor for the onset of dementia. It’s also the most preventable factor, so people wary of early-onset dementia can avoid it by controlling their alcohol intake, reported a ScienceDaily article. Implemented by the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and published […]

02/20/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Settlement talks have begun in opioid lawsuits against Big Pharma – over 250 cases have been brought against multiple companies

Score one for the plaintiffs suing Big Pharma for its complicity in the opioid epidemic ravaging the United States. An article in LifeZette reported that settlement talks have begun between state attorney generals and the legal representatives of pharmaceutical companies and distributors. More than 250 federal lawsuits have been filed against various pharma companies for their […]

02/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Florida legislature passes resolution declaring PORN a health risk that causes “physical and mental illness”

A house committee of the state legislature of Florida passed a resolution calling pornography “a public health risk”, reported the Daily Mail. They did so despite the opposition of their health professional colleague. Citing research linking pornography to “mental and physical illnesses”, Republican Representative Ross Spano led 17 others in the near-unanimous adoption of the resolution. The […]

02/17/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Fake opioid addiction treatments on the rise: FDA and FTC sending stern warnings to those profiting off the illness

The skyrocketing number of fake opioid addiction treatments have prompted the United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue sharp admonishments to pharmaceutical companies that hawk such products, said a Daily Mail article. The warning comes in the wake of numerous companies rushing to scam profits from the […]

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