In a groundbreaking move, the Supreme Court has temporarily halted a nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin. This settlement aimed to protect the Sackler family, who own the company, from civil lawsuits related to the devastating effects of opioids. The Biden administration requested this intervention, and the Supreme Court has also agreed …
“There are only two industries that refer to their customers as ‘users’,” stated Edward Tufte, a professor emeritus at Yale. “Illegal drugs and software companies.” Recent research supports Tufte’s statement, revealing that heavy users of social media tend to post automatically and without much thought. As these heavy users become desensitized to the positive feedback …
According to national data, the number of suicides committed by Americans reached an all-time high in the past year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released figures on Thursday revealing that 49,500 adults in the US took their own lives in 2022. This increase in suicides is attributed to factors such as access …
Researchers are urging for improved diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of psychiatric illness in autistic individuals due to their heightened risk of self-harm and suicide compared to non-autistic individuals. Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai, a staff psychiatrist and senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), emphasized the important role of psychiatric diagnosis in explaining …
Mandy Moore has shared her experience as a parent dealing with the anxiety that comes with a child displaying symptoms of a lesser-known condition. The “This is Us” star took to Instagram Stories to document her 2-year-old son, Gus, who developed a severe rash that spread across his lower limbs. Moore expressed her feelings of …
By Emily Joshu, Health Reporter for Dailymail.Com Published: 17:01 BST, 10 August 2023 | Updated: 17:44 BST, 10 August 2023 A Connecticut woman developed a massive ulcer in her rectum, a condition that occurs in just one in 20,000 people, after consuming an excessive amount of sunflower seeds. The 31-year-old woman sought medical help after …
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 10, 2023 11:00 am Updated August 10, 2023 11:16 am Decrease article font size Increase article font size The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected an appeal from three British Columbia churches that claimed their constitutional rights were violated during the COVID-19 pandemic when provincial restrictions banned indoor …
The never-ending strikes in the NHS have resulted in a record-high waiting list for routine operations, as the health service grapples with its busiest summer ever. Official figures reveal that England’s backlog for procedures such as hip and knee replacements now stands at 7.6 million, leaving approximately one in seven people across the country stuck …
Experts are warning that as schools reopen across Canada in the fall, there is expected to be a resurgence of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses. While reported cases of COVID-19 have been decreasing or remaining stable nationally, this trend is likely to change with the increase in virus rates in the fall, especially among children …
An appendectomy, which is currently one of the most common procedures performed by the NHS, may soon become obsolete according to Swedish experts. They argue that antibiotics can effectively treat appendicitis, eliminating the need for surgery. The researchers at the Karolinska Institute found that the only risk of relying on antibiotics is the possibility of …