Legal marijuana reduces chronic pain, but increases injuries and car accidents
The legalization of recreational marijuana is associated with an increase in its abuse, injury due to overdoses, and car accidents,...
US opioid epidemic is increasing rates of infectious diseases
Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis. The United States faces a converging public health...
New clue explains why cancer patients respond differently to same treatment
A sketch of the mitochondria Researchers from Mount Sinai and IBM have discovered a novel clue in explaining how cancer...
WHO advocates fully oral regimens to treat people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it is recommending shifting to a new treatment course in which drugs...
Antibiotic resistance threatens universal health coverage in Africa
Biomerieux staff at their innovation marketplace stand, AHAIC2019 conference What if we run out of antibiotics to treat people who...
In Nigeria, drug abuse is highest in the southwest
Many factors are responsible for the surge in drug abuse in Nigeria, Dr. Adetola Oladimeji reports... The first ever report...
Paracetamol is being sold as cancer drug
Drugs, tablets and capsules. Paul Adepoju/healthnews.ng The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global alert and warning to health...
There is still wide gap in access to HIV treatment
HIV treatment is very vital in the HIV response, prevention of illness and death, averting new infections and saving money....
First-ever multi-drug Ebola trial begins in DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the commencement of the first-ever multi-drug Ebola trial inDemocratic Republic of Congo. In...
Some countries are overusing antibiotics while others lack access
New data published by the WHO reveals wide differences in consumption of antibiotics in different countries. For the first time,...
