Global spending on drugs for diseases ranging from cancer to heart disease are on the rise, and according to a new report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, worldwide, patients will spend $1 trillion on such drugs …
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Statin Drugs Linked to Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that the popular cholesterol-lowering medications may cause memory loss and confusion, but long term use of the medications may reduce that risk.
In Case You Hadn’t Realized, The War on Drugs Is a Spectacular Failure
All over the world, drugs are cheaper, purer and more plentiful than ever
One Toke, Many Hits: Exercise Could Trigger Additional High for Marijuana Users
Working out could give pot users an extra high — but that may not be as much a boon as users might think.
FDA Approves Botox for Reducing Crow’s Feet
Concert Deaths: Four Myths About the Drug Molly
In the last week, three young adults have died after taking apparent overdoses of a drug known on the street as “molly”— two of them over the Labor Day weekend at a New York electronic music festival.
Viewpoint: How Marijuana Decision Could Signal Turning Point in the U.S. War on Drugs
The war on drugs may have ended today.
Myths and Facts about Angel Dust: Did PCP Drive Aaron Hernandez to Commit Murder?
In an investigative report into the background of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is awaiting trial for murder, Rolling Stone reports that the Massachusetts native was a regular user of PCP …
Learning from the Netherlands: Colorado and Washington Lay Out Rules for Legal Toking
If you want to get stoned legally — at least under state law— in Washington or Colorado next year, you’ll have to do it at home.
Statins Have Few Side Effects, But Should More People Be Taking Them?
Statins lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation and may be responsible for saving thousands of lives. Should everyone be taking the wonder drug?
Viewpoint: U.N. Admits Drug War Is ‘Floundering,’ but Is Regulating Recreational Drugs the Answer?
As the DEA reported its largest-ever bust of synthetic-drug dealers and manufacturers, the U.N. admitted that its law-enforcement efforts to contain illegal drugs have largely failed.
Talk Therapy or Antidepressant? A Brain Scan Predicts Which Works Best for Your Depression
There hasn’t been much in the way of hard science to help doctors or patients decide on the best treatments for depression — until now. For the first time, brain imaging may be able to help determine who will get better in …
Drug War Blocking Potential Treatments for Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Journal Claims
Potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and many other illnesses are being blocked by anti-drug laws, according to a new editorial review published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.