Drugs and Serious Adverse Events
A “serious adverse event” is drug-speak for something bad that happened when a person was taking a medication. That bad thing can range from a hospitalization…
Healthy Steps for Young Children: Sustained Results at 5.5 Years
A low-cost program designed to enhance the delivery of childhood behavioral and developmental services was found to have lasting benefits on quality of care for young…
Internet addiction more serious than OCD
Internet addiction should be grouped with extreme addictive disorders such as gambling, sex addiction and kleptomania, an Israeli psychiatrist said.
Dr. Pinhas Dannon of…
Teen Dieters Likely to Start Smoking
For teenage girls, initiating a diet is linked to almost double the odds of beginning smoking, a new study has found. However, boys did not have…
Smoking stays in your genes after you quit
Gene expression changes brought on by heavy smoking may persist long after the smoker has kicked the habit, researchers have found. The results could provide a…
