Mental health issues, substance abuse, accidents more likely for high school students sleeping less than six hours per night Date: October 1, 2018 Source: Brigham and Women’s Hospital This is an important & relevant article given the increasing academic, extracurricular, social media & cultural demands on teens. Adolescents require 8-10 hours of sleep […]
In light of the many shootings that are plaguing our country sensible measures to restrict certain types of fire arms, requiring background checks for criminal history, mental health testing, closing the gun show loophole and establishing mandatory waiting periods should be the norm rather than the exception. America’s history is one littered with the use […]
This is a fascinating development as our society continues to struggle with the substance abuse epidemic. New research from an international team led by Oxford University’s Department of Zoology and the National-Kapodistrian University of Athens, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), shows that an ancient retrovirus — HK2 — is […]
Doctors Play A Role In The Opioid Addiction Epidemic, Study Finds A quarter of patients given a short-term prescription for painkillers transitioned to long-term use. Joe SatranStaff Writer, The Huffington Post Posted: 09/04/2015 06:22 PM EDT | Edited: 09/04/2015 06:25 PM EDT We know how opioid addictions end: all too often, in death by overdose. […]