April 26, 2019 Addiction Providing a safe prescribed and monitored source of opioids can help reduce the risk of drug overdoses by reducing the need to seek street-available drugs. It has the potential to add some normalcy into a life.
April 22, 2019 Addiction Smoking cessation requires a multi-pronged approach including the use of adequate nicotine replacement.
April 18, 2019 Health Headlines Study cannot show that children exposed to more than two hours of screen time are more likely to exhibit ADHD symptoms. This one had self-reporting bias and did not have the power to show causality.
April 11, 2019 Depression There is no one encompassing reason why more children and teens think about suicide according to study
April 10, 2019 General information Melatonin use generally safe but some people are exceeding recommended dose. It can help for jet lag but little evidence that it helps for other sleep disorders/problems.
April 1, 2019 Addiction Study looking at effects of grocery store sales of alcohol on emergency dept visits should lead to more questions and further evaluation
March 27, 2019 Addiction Life-threatening emergencies like heart attack or stroke get immediate care as they should. Why are people suffering from drug addiction who are at high risk of harm or death treated differently with limited resources to save their lives?
February 22, 2019 Addiction Legal heroin access proposed as an adjunct to harm reduction programs to reduce risk of opioid overdose.
February 21, 2019 Addiction Inconsistency of alcohol policies across Canada reviewed in recent report