overprescribing

This month Australian researchers published the results of a population cohort study that followed the 5‑year trajectory of 3.7 million adult patients in New South Wales who were prescribed opioids for pain in the 

“Everybody knows” that America is undergoing a public health crisis in addiction and death involving opioids.  Many media sources -- and even some medical doctors who should know better -- have attributed the causes of this crisis to “over-pr

There are two kinds of cholesterol, HDL (the "good" kind) and LDL (the "bad" kind).

Even with the advent of the antibiotic era, infectious diseases are a global health concern.