Opiates Can Cause Memory Issues
For the last decade, the number of people in the U.S. who take highly-addictive opioid painkiller medications has increased significantly, and is still growing. Those…
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Patients Prefer Psychotherapy Over Drug Therapy For Mental Health
According to a study review published by the American Psychological Association, patients with mental disorders are more likely to refuse or discontinue their treatment if…
Fighting the Opioid Addiction with Marijuana?
James Feeney, a surgeon in Connecticut, heard from his patients that they did not wish to take a painkiller called oxycodone, and were going to…
Treatment of Pain for Painkiller Abusers
The opioid addiction epidemic in the U.S. could be resolved with an approach that combines social support and behavioral therapy. The new study was conducted…
Alzheimer’s Disease Could Be Lowered with Cholesterol Drugs
More than five million U.S. residents suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and while much is known about the disease, scientists have had no success in development…
ADCs Work in the ED
Pharmacists say automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) can provide an efficient solution to the care of patients in the Emergency Department, but it’s important to make…
Danger Of Cancer Drug Shortages
Despite all measures to prevent of fix the issue of the shortages, they still occur, low the quality of cancer care and make its cost…
Prescription Medical Tattoos?
Medical tattoos are in development by Microsoft and the Draper Laboratory. Those tattoos are designed to help patients with diabetes to check their glucose level…
The Number Of Children With ADHD Is Still Growing
Just a generation ago, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was thought-about rare. Nowadays it’s one in all the foremost common behavioral disorders of childhood, characterized by…
Cancer Drug Ineffective Substitute
The ABC News Medical Unit and Dr. Richard Besser recorded a series of reports about shortages of medications used to treat cancer. They noticed that…