More About “public health”
- Final Push For Mental-Health Bill
- In a historic move, the US Congress passed a legislation, last week, that would require health insurers and businesses with over 50 employees to provide ...
- Traces of 6 Medications Found in DC Drinking Water
- DC residents are taking more medicine than they think they are.
- Scientists in Oregon Test Wastewater to Detect Drug Use
- A team of researchers in Oregon spent a day collecting wastewater from around the state to see which communities are using what drugs – and in what quantities!
- Substance Abuse Results In Over 1.7 Million E.R. Visits
- Hospital Emergency departments receive over 1.7 million visits a year as a result of substance abuse or misuse, according to a report just released by the Drug ...
- WHO Says That Americans Are the World's Biggest Drug Users
- In a new report, the WHO has released statistics that show how little effect punitive drug laws seem to have on drug experimentation rates.
- Worldwide, Alcohol Leads to Early Death for 1 in 25. In Europe, It’s 1 in 15
- Alcohol’s influence on early death has grown since the year 2000, attributable largely to an increase in drinking by women, and overall increases in developing ...
- Alcohol Abuse Costs Each Canadian $463 Per Year
- In a newly released report, the Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Addiction recommends 6 policy changes that they say could save 800 lives, and almost a ...
- Insurance Companies Could Save Money By Funding More Addiction Treatment
- A study out of John Hopkins University suggests that insurance companies could actually save money by providing more coverage for early and aggressive ...
- Oral Cancer up 25% in UK; Experts Blame Heavier Drinking
- Heavier drinking is causing a dramatic increase in oral cancers in those over 40.
- Alcohol Abuse Pulls Russian Male Life Expectancy Down to 60 Years of Age
- Russians drink, on average, 50 bottles of vodka per year per person, a figure that President Medvedev calls, “monstrous.”