Her biggest concern about using marijuana for opioid-use disorder? “Ifyou don’t treat it properly, your risk of dying is quite high.”
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
Was Luke Perry too young to have a fatal stroke? Not really
The risk of stroke increases with age.But it can be particularly dangerous for adults in middle age (like actor Luke Perry, who was 52) and younger.
FDA: Another blood pressure drug, irbesartan, recalled over cancer-causing impurity
Eight lots of the blood pressure-lowering drugs irbesartan and irbesartan HCTZ are recalled after testing reveals a carcinogen
Do you have high blood pressure? It depends on which doctor you ask
Specialists and primary-care doctors disagree on how much blood pressure is too high. Different standards could be confusing patients.
More teens are vaping, but binge drinking and opioid use are down
Vaping nicotine nearly doubled among high school seniors, but use of other drugs and alcohol reached near historic lows.
Depression, suicide rates highest in Mountain West states
Leaders are working to combat the stigma of mental illness in a region that values independence and self-reliance.
Drug company raised price of lifesaving opioid overdose antidote more than 600 percent
As the nation struggled with rising opioid deaths, a drug company increased the price of an overdose antidotemore than 600 percent,a Senate subcommittee says.
CDC: More cases of polio-like illness in children emerge
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised the number of cases of acute flaccid myelitis this year to 90. An additional 162 patients are under investigation.