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07/23/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Social media is actually ISOLATING teens: Doctor warns parents of serious risks associated with heavy smartphone use

Aside from negatively impacting the concentration of teenagers, “heavy smartphone use” is linked to “an increased rate of social isolation, depression, suicidal thoughts, and even suicide.” A decade after Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder, launched the first iPhone, 92 percent of teenagers own a smartphone. A double-edged sword, smartphones revolutionized communication but they also increased “the risk […]

06/08/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Doctors, lawyers, and teachers more likely to drink alcohol: Study

What do a doctor, a lawyer, and a teacher have in common? Aside from sounding like the start of a bar joke, people with these three working professional roles are “more likely to drink alcohol regularly than manual workers.” According to a study, at least four out of five of people in the U.K. who work […]

05/15/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Why does drinking alcohol or sugary drinks make us thirsty?

Not all drinks were made to quench a person’s thirst: Far from it, alcoholic beverages and those that contain sugar make us even thirstier, and scientists may have found the reason why. In a study published in Cell Metabolism, research indicated the liver hormone FGF21, or fibroblast growth factor 21, to be responsible for the brain’s actions to increase […]

05/08/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Deadly cycle: Eating high-fat food makes us hungrier, more likely to snack on junk

Obesity isn’t just a problem with eating too much: Most of the time, there are behavioral triggers that lead to this condition, and learning to identify them will create new ideas to effectively combat the situation. This was the focus of a study led by researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Universitat Pompeu […]

05/02/2018 / By JD Heyes

Another Obamacare fail: New study finds the terrible “healthcare reform” law is driving more Americans to drink

Of the myriad of problems associated with the healthcare reform disaster known as Obamacare, you can add alcoholism to the list. Or, at least, the threat of rising alcoholism. Just a few years into full implementation of the law and more Americans have taken up the drink, according to a new study, PJ Media reports. […]

04/23/2018 / By Vicki Batts

People who use medical cannabis are less likely to abuse opioids, research finds

Could plant medicine be the solution to the pharma industry-created opioid epidemic? Despite being marked with stigmata, the cannabis plant has continued to prove its medicinal value — even under strict (and nonsensical) prohibition via the federal government. Multiple studies have shown that marijuana, when used medicinally, reduces the risk of opioid abuse — and […]

04/16/2018 / By Jayson Veley

Cocaine and other illegal drugs are so common that 13% of us have traces of it on our fingers (even if we don’t use it)

A new study indicates that cocaine is now so prevalent in society that ten percent of those who have never even used the drug actually have traces of it on their hands. The study, which was carried out by researchers at the University Surrey, involved testing the fingerprints of 50 drug free volunteers and an […]

02/26/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Fetal alcohol syndrome is grossly under-reported: Researchers discover numbers up to 400% higher than previously thought in some regions

Around one in 20 children are prone to having fetal alcohol syndrome, new data compiled by the University of California, Berkeley, showed. Across different regions, the rates of fetal alcohol disorders are between 13 and 400 percent higher than previous records showed. To illustrate, between 11.3 and 50 out of every 1,000 children are affected by […]

12/20/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

No good reason for the opioid epidemic: Clinical trial showed no “significant difference” in pain relief for treating arm or leg pain using opioids vs non-opioids

There is a lot of finger-pointing going on when it comes to the cause of the opioid epidemic. The pharmaceutical companies making these drugs often get the bulk of the blame, with the doctors who prescribe them following closely behind in the culpability leaderboard. To be fair, some opioid addictions start out fairly innocently, with […]

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