Editorial: To slow overdose deaths, we must invest in substance abuse treatment Throughout our community, 68 people died from drug-related overdoses last year. Sixty-eight people with friends and families and co-workers and classmates. That devastation splinters and radiates ... 06/2/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Could Better Data Collection Bring Down Opioid Overdose Deaths? Prevention, harm reduction and treatment all depend on data collection. It’s even more important now, as new substances and mixtures find their way into the drug supply. 05/30/2024 - 5:41 pm | View Link
Survey: 82.7 million Americans impacted by overdose deaths Last year, overdose deaths declined slightly for the first time in five years, decreasing three percent from 2022, according to preliminary data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. 05/30/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
‘Too many people out there dying’: Fentanyl-laced drugs behind overdose deaths Of the tens of thousands of lives taken nationwide by fentanyl each year, many had no idea they were taking the deadly opioid. 05/30/2024 - 8:30 am | View Link
Alabama overdose deaths are increasing. Here are ways to help prevent them Drug overdoses and deaths are increasing in Alabama. Knowing how to identify and treat an overdose could save a life. In Jefferson County, overdose deaths increased from 452 deaths in 2022 to 494 ... 05/30/2024 - 2:42 am | View Link
The global fertility rate has fallen from 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 in 2021 - and even lower in the U. S., partly due to the cost of child-rearing and shifts in priorities. But "falling population and an elderly or aging population puts a lot of fiscal and economic pressures on society," says Economics Professor Melissa Kearney.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times he experienced a series of health issues in recent years, including an abnormality that he said was caused by a worm that entered his brain and then died. CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how this could have happened.
Americans' mental health issues are not identified and treated as readily as physical symptoms, especially among children - in part due to a shortage of clinicians. "We're looking for ways to integrate mental health into settings where children and families are every day," says Dr. Tami Benton, President of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
For some who see a therapist, just talking things through isn't enough. Drama therapy allows the patient to relive a moment or play out their biggest fears.