(HealthDay)—About one in five U.S. adults reported currently using any tobacco product in 2019, with most reporting use of combustible products, according to research published in the Nov. 20 issue...

FRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 — Electronic cigarette use is associated with increased odds of cigarette smoking among adolescents with no previous smoking intention, according to a study published online...

UNSW’s Dr. George Dertadian says the anxieties, stresses and strains people are dealing with in the pandemic could be influencing the use of drugs in society. “The combination of these existential...

Women who stop using some forms of contraception may have to wait up to eight months before their fertility returns, suggests research published online in The BMJ. US and Danish researchers measured the...

Health leaders have found themselves projected onto the public stage as never before. Professor Chris Whitty, the UK government’s chief medical adviser, and Sir Patrick Vallance, its chief scientific...

TUESDAY, Oct. 20, 2020 — Most American women between 15 and 49 years of age use birth control, according to a new U.S. government report. Between 2017 and 2019, 65% of those women used some form...

Lying in bed, Elise Colquitt realised she needed to get up and use the bathroom. But when she tried to move her legs out of the bed, she just couldn’t do it. Elise was unable to lift her arms or move...

Prescriptions for the addictive drug codeine jumped by a factor of five between 2006 and 2017, a University of Manchester study of 2 million opioid users has shown. Other opioid drugs such as tramadol...

(HealthDay)—Many former National Football League (NFL) players who took opioid painkillers early in their retirement still used them nine years later, a new study finds. The researchers also found that...

Scientists have discovered that testing the levels of certain proteins in blood samples can predict whether a person at risk of psychosis is likely to develop a psychotic disorder years later. The study...