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Photo: Ophelia Opioid addiction and overdose-related deaths reached an all-time high in 2022. The opioid crisis has strained health systems, overwhelmed emergency responders and placed a heavy burden on social services. THE PROBLEM Before the advent of telehealth in addiction…

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing "988," or the Crisis Text Line by texting "HOME" to 741741. Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to…

Reviewers’ Notes As researchers make major advances in medical care, they are also discovering that the efficacy of these treatments can be enhanced by individualized approaches. Therefore, clinicians increasingly need methods that can both continuously monitor physiological signals and then…

A long-standing and contentiously debated question is the extent to which US federal food assistance programs contribute to or deter healthy beverage intake. Findings of a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior show that while beverage…

Since the coronavirus outbreak, the number of young adults with moderate to severe chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms has increased sharply. In the year before the pandemic 16.7% of 18- to 24-year-olds suffered from moderate to severe chronic anxiety and…

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A dad-to-be says a faulty vape caused his lung to collapse, and is terrified that others could be at risk. Alex Gittins was smoking a vape in May 2023, when he noticed it wasn’t working as usual, and he experienced…

Dr Hilary Jones explains nine new symptoms of Covid In the early days of the Covid pandemic it was difficult to know exactly who would be affected by the infection and how badly. But just as we continued to learn…

A woman with a muscular physique due to her bodybuilding has been called a man and gets trolled – but she’s not here for the haters. Jeanie Welker, 47, from Seattle, USA has been pursuing bodybuilding since 2008. She says…

Patients struggle to find life-saving statins as pharmacies run short of the anti-cholesterol drugs as prices sore Eight million Britons rely on statins to lower cholesterol and prevent  strokes Prices of atorvastatin have risen from 49p to about £5.30 in the…