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• 1 in 3 COVID Survivors Struggle With Mental Health Issues Months Later
• 1 in 3 High School Seniors Who Misuse Prescription Opioids Turn to Heroin
• 1 in 3 Young Americans Prescribed a Psychiatric Drug Misuses Them: Study
• 3 Big Pharmacy Chains Must Pay $650 Million to Ohio Counties for Role in Opioid Crisis
• 4 in 10 U.S. Adults Who Need Mental Health Care Can't Get It: Survey
• 5 Tips to Help Quit Smoking in 2021
• 5 Years, No Fatal ODs: Study Finds 'Safe Injection Sites' Can Save Lives
• 69 vs. 70: Bias Against Older Organ Donors May Be Costing Lives
• A Hotter World Can Worsen Heart Failure
• About 1 in 35 U.S. Pregnancies Exposed to Opioids
• Acupuncture During a Knee Replacement Could Lessen Post-Surgical Pain
• Addictive Opioid Painkillers Might Not Be Needed After Knee Surgery
• ADHD Medication ODs Rising in U.S. Kids, Teens
• ADHD Raises Adult Suicide Risk, Especially for Women
• A-Fib After Any Surgery Raises Odds for Heart Failure
• After Heart Attack, Cardiac Rehab Begins Road to Recovery
• AHA News: Falls Can Be a Serious, Poorly Understood Threat to People With Heart Disease
• Air and Noise Pollution May Make You Vulnerable to Heart Failure
• Allergy Meds in Street Opioids Make Overdoses More Deadly
• Americans' Stigma Against Depression May Finally Be Fading: Study
• America's Love Affair With Sleeping Pills May Be Waning
• Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs
• Are Immune-Compromised Kids at Greater Risk From COVID-19?
• Are Opioid Painkillers Needed Weeks After Heart Surgery? Maybe Not
• Are Opioids Prescribed Too Freely as Patients Are Moved to Nursing Homes?
• Arthritis? Back Pain? Medical Pot May Help You Avoid Opioid Painkillers
• As More Legal Pot Dispensaries Open, More Young Adults Start Using
• As Opioid Deaths Rise Among Teens, Too Few Youth Get Anti-Addiction Drug
• As Pot Legalization Spreads, More Teens Are Lighting Up
• Audio Messages Can Help Boost Heart Failure Care
• Avoiding Opioids, Many Patients in Pain Get Gabapentin Instead. Does It Work?
• B 8/11 -- U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining
• B 8/9 -- When Pot Made Legal, Poisonings From Synthetic Pot Decline
• Babies in Danger From Ingesting Opioids Laced With Animal Tranquilizer
• Ban on Menthols Won't Push Smokers to Black Market Cigarettes: Study
• Biden to Announce Nicotine-Reduction Rule for Tobacco Companies
• Big Drop Seen in Drug Treatment Admissions During Pandemic
• Big Drop Seen in Kids Getting Opioids After Surgery
• Binge Drinking Soared During Lockdown: Survey
• Black Americans Less Likely to Get Lifesaving Heart Treatments
• Booze, Drug Use Common at Virtual Parties During Pandemic
• 'Breakthrough' COVID More Likely in People With Problem Drug, Alcohol Use
• Breastfeeding May Strengthen a Baby's Heart
• Breastfeeding OK After Mom Has Anesthesia, Experts Say
• Calcium Supplements Could Spell Trouble for Older Heart Patients
• Cancer Patients Less Likely to Be Prescribed Heart Meds: Study
• Cancer Survivors Face Higher Heart Risks Later
• Cases of Deadly Heart Infection Tied to Opioid Abuse Rose Sharply During Pandemic
• Cases of Meth-Linked Heart Failure Are Spreading Worldwide
• CBD Products Gain Following Among Fibromyalgia Patients
• CBD Won't Help Addicts Kick the Coke Habit: Study
• CDC Advisors to Discuss 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised
• CDC Issues New Guidance on Prescribed Opioids for Pain
• CDC Reports Record High 12-Month Drug Overdose Death Toll
• Certain Painkillers Raise Heart Failure Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes
• Child Bullies at Higher Odds for Substance Abuse as Adults: Study
• Child Danger: Almost Half of Parents Have Leftover Meds at Home
• Climate Change's Extreme Temperatures Could Mean More Heart Deaths
• Colorado Says Yes to Medical Use of 'Magic Mushrooms'
• Coping With Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms
• Coronavirus Crisis Could Help Trigger Relapse Among Those Fighting Addiction
• Could an Injected Electrode Control Your Pain Without Drugs?
• Could Opioid Crisis Mean More Strokes for Americans?
• Could the Party Drug Ecstasy Help Treat PTSD?
• Could Too Little Iron Boost Your Risk for Heart Disease?
• COVID Antibody Treatment Is Safe, Effective in Transplant Patients
• COVID Can Harm the Infant Heart
• COVID Vaccines May Still Leave Organ Transplant Recipients Unprotected
• COVID Vaccines Safe for Organ Transplant Recipients: Study
• COVID Variant Tied to Heart Inflammation in Cats, Dogs
• COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant
• COVID-19 Has Taken a Toll on Organ Donation
• COVID-19 Pandemic May Lead to 75,000 'Deaths of Despair'
• COVID-19 Poses Added Risk for People With Addiction Disorders: Study
• CRISPR Therapy Fights Rare Disease Where Protein Clogs Organs
• CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens Played Role in Opioid Crisis: Ohio Jury
• Cycling During Dialysis? It Might Help Patients
• Daily Coffee Tied to Lower Risk for Heart Failure
• Dangerous Prescriptions of Opioids-Plus-Sedatives Plummet in U.S.
• Deadly 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Looks Like Candy, Could Entice Kids
• Death During Sex Very Rare Among Those Under 50
• Death Rates Are Rising Across Rural America
• Death Risk Nearly Doubles When COVID Strikes People With Heart Failure
• Deaths From Alzheimer's Far More Common in Rural America
• Deep Brain Stimulation Shows Promise Against Binge Eating Disorder
• Demand for Liver Transplant Rises Sharply Among Older Americans
• Depression Even More Common With Heart Failure Than Cancer
• Depression in Youth Ups Odds for Adult Illnesses: Study
• Did Pandemic Lockdowns Worsen the Epidemic of Opioid Abuse?
• Did People Smoke More or Less During the Pandemic?
• Do You Live in a U.S. Opioid OD Hotspot?
• Do Your Genes Up Your Odds for Alcoholism? One Factor Cuts the Risk
• Doctors Devise Safer Alternative to Opioids During, After Surgeries
• Doctors May Be Overprescribing Opioids After Surgeries
• Doctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human
• Doctors Transplant Gene-Modified Pig Kidneys Into Brain-Dead Patient
• Doctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing Drugs
• Does COVID Harm the Heart? New Study Says Maybe Not
• Does Cutting Back on Salt Help Folks Battling Heart Failure?
• Does Medical Marijuana Help or Harm Kids With Cancer?
• Donating Portion of Your Liver to Someone in Need Is Safe, Life-Saving: Study
• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients
• Dr. Rahul Gupta to Be Nominated as Next U.S. Drug Czar
• Drinking Alone in Youth a Big Sign for Future Problems
• Drug Might Stop Heart Trouble Linked to Sickle Cell Anemia
• Drugged Driving a Growing Threat on America's Roads
• During and After Surgery, Pot Users Need More Anesthesia, Painkillers: Study
• During Pandemic, Fewer Using Drug That Fights Opioid Overdose
• Each Day Sober Slowly Helps Alcoholics' Brains Recover
• Energy Drink Habit Led to Heart Failure in a Young Man
• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction
• Even Before COVID, Many More People Died Early in U.S. Versus Europe
• Even 'Light' Smoking Can Quickly Become Addictive
• Experts Say New Street Drug Is ‘as Deadly as Fentanyl’
• Ex-Smokers Who Take Up Vaping Are More Prone to Relapse: Study
• Extreme Heat Can Bring Extreme Heart Dangers
• Family Behind Oxycontin Denies Any Responsibility for Opioid Crisis
• Fans Could Help Cancer Patients Breathe Easier: Study
• Fat Around the Liver Raises Risk for Heart Failure
• Fat Around Your Heart Could Be Especially Deadly
• Fatal Drug Overdoses Among U.S. Seniors Have Tripled Since 2000
• Fatal Heart Infections Linked to Opioid Abuse Have Tripled Among Young Americans
• Fatal Opioid ODs Keep Rising in Black Americans
• FDA Issues Warning to Maker of Illegal Nicotine Gummies
• FDA Moves Toward Making Overdose Antidote an Over-the-Counter Drug
• FDA Panel Considers Making Opioid Antidote Drug Available Without Prescription
• FDA Panel Says Opioid Overdose Antidote Safe to Sell Over-the-Counter
• FDA Poised to Ban Menthol Cigarettes
• FDA Takes Action Against Animal Tranquilizer Tied to Fatal ODs
• FDA Warns of Animal Tranquilizer in Illicit Drugs
• FDA-Mandated Tweak to Common Rx Painkillers May Have Saved Lives
• Feds Propose Overhaul of U.S. Organ Transplant System
• Feeling Down? Support Via Social Media May Not Be Enough
• Fewer Smokers Tried to Quit During COVID Pandemic
• First Overdose Prevention Centers in the Nation Open in NYC
• Fish Oil, Vitamin D Won't Prevent A-Fib: Study
• Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Save Lives of Heart Failure Patients: Study
• For People With Heart Failure, Statins May Lower Cancer Risk Too
• Fried Food a Big Factor in Heart Disease, Stroke
• 'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Reveals Harrowing Addiction Journey
• Gambling: When Does Play Become Addiction?
• Gen X, Millennials in Worse Health Than Prior Generations at Same Age
• Getting a Pacemaker Can Raise Odds for Opioid Abuse
• Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse
• Good Outcomes From First 5 Years of Uterus Transplants, But Concerns Remain
• Gout Medicine May Also Help Fight Heart Failure
• Grief Can Be Heartbreaking for People Battling Heart Failure
• Gruesome Cigarette Warnings May Work on Smokers: Study
• Half of Adults With ADHD Have Struggled With Alcohol, Drug Use
• Half of Dentists Say Patients Are Coming to Appointments While High
• Have Heart Failure? Take Precautions During Pandemic
• Heading to the Mountains? Heart Patients Should Check With Their Doctor First
• Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study
• Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Cancer Risk
• Heart Failure Risk Climbs in Obese Older Women Who Had Late Menopause
• Heart Groups Endorse New Class of Meds for Some Heart Failure Patients
• Heart Inflammation Very Rare After COVID Vaccination
• Heart Issue Spotted in a Few Young COVID Vaccine Recipients; Experts Say Shots Still Needed
• Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some
• Heart Transplant Successful in Young Man Who Survived Severe COVID-19
• 'Heart-in-a-Box' Can Be Lifesaving, Matching Up Distant Donors With Patients
• Heart's Electrical Signals Changed in First Pig-to-Human Cardiac Transplant
• Hearts From Drug Abusers Can Be Used for Transplants
• Hearts From Obese Donors Still Safe: Study
• Heavy Pot Use Linked to Mental Problems, Even After Quitting
• Helmetless Bikers Ride 'Donorcycles,' Organ Transplant Experts Warn
• Herbals, Yoga, Ginkgo: What Alternative Treatments Help Fight Heart Failure?
• High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Could Affect Women's Hearts Long Term
• High Blood Pressure May Affect More Pregnant Women Than Thought: Study
• High-Dose Withdrawal Drug in ER Can Help Battle Opioid Addiction
• High-Potency Pot Tied to Big Rise in Psychiatric Issues
• Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Canadian Province Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Hard Drugs
• Hope Can Save People From Making Bad Choices: Study
• How Common Is Opioid Misuse Among Seniors After Hip Surgery?
• How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients
• How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped
• How to Be a Living Liver Donor
• How Unhealthy Are Cigars?
• Immunocompromised? Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Might Still Protect You
• In Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart
• In Canada, Program That Supplies Safe Opioids to Addicts Is Saving Lives
• In Philadelphia, an Animal Tranquilizer Is Driving Deadly Rise in Opioid ODs
• In States Where Recreational Marijuana Legalized, Less Demand for Prescription Codeine
• In Study, Reminder Letters Helped Doctors Make Safer Choices Prescribing Opioids
• Innovative Kidney Donor 'Voucher' System Is Saving Lives
• Is Mind-Altering Ayahuasca Safe? No, But Folks Who Try It May Not Care
• Is There a Best Diuretic Drug for Heart Failure?
• 'Iso,' a Deadly New Synthetic Opioid, Has Hit American Streets
• Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness
• Juul to Pay $40 Million in N.C. Case Over Vaping's Harm to Teens
• Kicking the Coffee Habit But Scared of Withdrawal? Try Decaf
• Kidney Damage Another Consequence of 'Long COVID,' Study Finds
• Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk of Fatal COVID-19: Study
• Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study
• Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years
• Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids
• Kids Still Dying From Accidental Exposure to Fentanyl Pain Patches
• Knee, Shoulder Surgeries Without Opioids? It's Possible, Study Finds
• Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
• Legalizing Marijuana Doesn't Raise Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study
• Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing
• Lifelong Bachelors Fare Worse When Heart Failure Strikes
• Life-Saving Organ Transplants Plummet During COVID-19 Crisis
• Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans
• Liver Transplants From Donors Who Overdosed Rose During Pandemic
• Lockdowns Tied to Temporary Drops in Illicit Drug Seizures
• Loneliness May Make Quitting Smoking Even Tougher
• LSD Is Making a Comeback Among Young Americans
• Magic Mushroom Hallucinogen May Treat Problem Drinking
• Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died
• Many Addicts Turned to Telemedicine During Pandemic, But Does It Beat In-Person Care?
• Many Americans Live Too Far From Opioid Addiction Treatment
• Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine
• Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study
• Many Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Opioid Painkillers
• Many Heart Disease Patients Keep Smoking, Despite Knowing Risks
• Many 'High Priority' Patients Aren't Getting Put on Kidney Transplant Lists
• Many Marijuana Vendors Aim Advertising at Kids: Study
• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds
• Many Parents Too Quick to Give Fever Meds to Kids: Poll
• Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too
• Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
• Marijuana, Meth, Cocaine Use Can Help Trigger Dangerous A-Fib
• Medical Marijuana Rx Ups Odds for Overuse, With No Benefit to Health: Study
• Men Often Die Before Women, and the Y Chromosome May Be to Blame
• Mental Health Issues Linked to Higher Risk of Breakthrough COVID Infections
• Mental Health Woes Double Women's Odds for Cervical Cancer
• Menthols Make Up 40% of U.S. Cigarette Sales; Ban Could Have Huge Impact
• Meth Abuse Drove Huge Surge in Heart Failure Crises in California
• Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
• Million-Person Study Finds Genes Common to Many Addiction Disorders
• Mom-to-Be's 'Leaky' Heart Valves May Pose More Danger Than Thought
• More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters
• More Evidence COVID Shots Less Effective for People With Weak Immune Systems
• More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study
• More U.S. Teens Are Getting Heavily Addicted to Vaping
• More Young Adults in the U.S. Are Saying No to Alcohol
• More Young Americans Are Dying of Heart Failure
• Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey
• Most Docs Want Telehealth for Opioid Abuse Treatment to Stick Around
• Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study
• Moving Away From Opioids to Treat Dental Pain
• Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?
• Music Might Help Soothe Ailing Hearts
• Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
• 'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries
• Nerve-Cooling Implant Could Ease Pain Without Opioids
• New Approach Allows Safe Transplant of Kidneys Tainted by Hepatitis C
• New Biden Plan Would Help Pregnant Women Fight Opioid Addiction
• New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer
• New Jersey's '5-Day Rule' Didn't Curb Opioid Use
• New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
• No Change in Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use During Pandemic
• No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
• No Drop in Teens' Use of Pot, Binge Drinking Despite Pandemic Lockdowns
• No Sign Common Steroid Spironolactone Can Cause Cancer: Study
• Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study
• NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers Already Saving Lives
• Odds for Death, Hospital Care Rise When Statins Are Stopped
• Ohio State Warns of Fake Adderall Pills After Two Students Die
• Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
• Older Gays, Lesbians at Higher Odds for Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study
• Older Patients at Risk When Dentists Prescribe Opioids
• On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men
• Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women
• Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives
• Opioid Deaths in Young Americans Often Involve Other Drugs
• Opioid Overdose Antidote Urged for Schools After Student's Fentanyl Death
• Opioid Use a Hazard for Young Patients Battling Sarcomas
• Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous
• Opioids Cause Half of All Poisonings in U.S. Kids Age 5 and Younger
• Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney
• Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study
• Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes
• Over 100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses in One Year: Report
• Oxycontin Maker Purdue Dissolved, Family to Pay $4.5 Billion in Bankruptcy Settlement
• Pandemic Brought Surge in Fatal Drug Overdoses in U.S. Teens
• Pandemic Brought Surge in Teen Drug Overdose Deaths
• Pandemic Gave Clues to Cause of Rare Heart Condition in Kids
• Pandemic Has Blocked Access to Treatment for Many Americans Hooked on Opioids
• Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose
• Pandemic Saw Big Rise in Deaths to Millennials From Multiple Causes
• Pandemic Tied to Rising Number of Fatal Opioid ODs
• Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
• Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
• People Are Buying Illegal Opioids on the Dark Web
• People Living With HIV Face Higher Odds for Heart Failure
• People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID
• Pharmacists Can Be Key to Helping Folks Kick Opioid Addiction
• Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
• Pig Study Could Lead to Gene Therapy to Prevent Heart Failure
• Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse
• Poll Finds Many Parents Unaware of Kids' Exposure to Vaping
• Poll: Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain
• Pot Use May Change the Teenage Brain, MRIs Show
• Pot Use Ups Odds for Suicide in Young People With Bipolar Disorder
• Prescription Opioids, Antibiotics in Pregnancy Won't Raise Birth Defect Risk: Studies
• PTSD Therapy Doesn't Trigger Drug Relapse in Addiction Patients: Study
• Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
• Raise Med Dosages in Weeks After Heart Failure Crisis for Better Outcome: Study
• Record Number of Fatal Drug ODs for Pregnant, Postpartum Women
• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
• Religion Helps Protect Against 'Deaths of Despair': Study
• Restful Sleep Could Help Ward Off Heart Failure
• Rising Number of U.S. Cardiac Arrests Tied to Opioid Abuse
• Rising U.S. Deaths After Users Mix Coke, Meth With an Opioid
• Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
• Scientists Are Developing Patch That Warns of Oncoming Drug Overdose
• Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryo With Brain, Beating Heart
• Scientists Develop Quick Test for Marijuana Use
• Scientists Devise Way to Keep Donor Hearts Viable Longer
• Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
• Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
• Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse
• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
• Signs America's Opioid Epidemic Might Finally Be Waning
• Sitting Raises Women's Odds for Heart Failure
• Sleep Apnea Doubles Odds for Sudden Death
• Smoking Can Really Weaken the Heart
• Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
• Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
• Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
• 'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
• Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
• Some Teens Are Overdosing With Meds Prescribed for ADHD, Anxiety
• Starting Rehab Earlier Boosts Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients
• States Claim Sackler Family Members Are Abusing Bankruptcy Process
• Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients
• Stick-on Sensor Could Warn of Heart Failure Complications
• Stress, Anger May Worsen Heart Failure
• Study Compares 2 Common Diuretics Used in Heart Failure
• Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms
• Tai Chi Could Be Good Medicine for Heart Patients
• Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement
• Teen Pot Use Makes a Comeback After Legalization
• Teens Have Triple the Odds of Misusing Marijuana Compared to Adults
• Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
• Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
• Telehealth, Phone Visits a Lifesaver for Veterans Addicted to Opioids
• There Is No 'Healthy Obesity,' Study Finds
• There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
• Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe
• Third Vaccine Dose Can Help Shield Transplant Patients From COVID
• TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
• Today's Potent Pot Could Be Prescription for Addiction
• Too Few People Treated for Opioid Use Get Anti-Overdose Med
• Too Few People With Opioid Disorder Receive Best Treatments
• Too Little Dietary Salt Can Mean Trouble for Heart Failure Patients
• Too Much Pot During Pregnancy May Endanger Baby's Health
• Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
• Two-Drug Combo May Help Fight Meth Addiction
• U.S. Deaths Involving Meth Are Skyrocketing, Fentanyl a Big Factor
• U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Jumped Nearly 30% During Pandemic
• U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs
• U.S. Fatal Drug ODs Rose Again in 2021, But Increase Is Slowing
• U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
• U.S. Meth Overdose Deaths Tripled in Recent Years
• U.S. Murder Rate Up 30% During Pandemic, Highest One-Year Rise Ever
• U.S. Tourists in Northern Mexico Are Buying Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl
• U.S. Travelers Warned About Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Mexico Pharmacies
• Unvaccinated People With Heart Failure Face Triple the Odds of Fatal COVID
• US to Allow Medicaid to Pay for Drug Treatment in Prisons
• Use of Pot, Hallucinogens Soaring Among Young Americans
• Valium, Xanax Prescriptions Could Raise Overdose Risk in Youth
• Vaping Won't Help Smokers Quit, Another Study Finds
• Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died
• Walmart Offers $3 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuits
• Watch Out for the Warning Signs of Heart Failure
• Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses
• Weekend Binge Drinking: Not as Harmless as You Think
• What Athletes Should Know About COVID-19, Heart Damage and Working Out
• What Drives Doctors to Take Their Own Lives
• When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study
• When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study
• When the Weather Heats Up, Stay Cool for Your Heart
• Who Is Using Herbal Kratom?
• Why Are More U.S. Babies Being Born With Syphilis?
• Why Are So Few Seniors Getting Heart Failure Rehab?
• Wider Supply of Opioid Antidote Naloxone Won't Encourage Heroin Use: Study
• With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
• Woman Receives 3-D Printed Ear Transplant Made of Human Cells
• Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
• Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack
• Workouts Boost Health of People With Kidney Disease
• Yes, Pot Is Stronger Now Than in Decades Past, Study Finds
• Your Morning Cup of Coffee Can Affect Your Heart's Rhythms
• Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs
• Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
• Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking