A review analyzing the results of 22 randomized clinical trials has found that yoga practice can improve many aspects of physical and mental health among older adults. Yoga refers to a series of mind-body practices that originate in Hindu tradition. However, they are growing in popularity across the world as an…
15 Percent of Teens and Young Adults Prescribed Opioids During ER Visit
Almost 15 percent of teens and young adults are prescribed opioids during an emergency room visit, according to a new study. In contrast, 3 percent of teens and young adults seen in an outpatient clinic receive an opioid prescription, NBC News reports. “Adolescents and young adults are such a high-risk population for opioid…
Use Of Buprenorphine To Treat Opioid Addiction Proliferates In California
Buprenorphine, a relative newcomer in the treatment of opioid addiction, is growing in popularity among California doctors as regulatory changes, physician training and other initiatives make the medication more widely accessible. The rate of Medi-Cal enrollees who received buprenorphine nearly quadrupled from the end of 2014 to the third quarter…
NIH Solicits Research into Vaccines to Protect against Opioid Use
Opiate and opioid drugs killed 70,000 Americans1 in 2017, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the latest grim note in a still growing addiction crisis and demanding a wide public health response. In May 2017, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, wrote that it was…
What to know about cluster A personality disorders
People define personality disorders in many different ways. According to one definition, a personality disorder is a mental health condition that affects how a person thinks and feels and how they relate to other people. Cluster A disorders usually involve awkwardness in social situations, distorted thinking, and distance from society…