All posts tagged with addiction
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-(Natural News) Many people who smoke and are looking for a “safer” alternative have turned to e-cigarettes. Unfortunately, a study from Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health has revealed that those cigarettes contain not one but an alarming five heavy metals. Editor’s Note: There is a concerted effort by Big Tobacco to destroy […]
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-(Natural News) When the news broke this week that OxyContin makers Purdue Pharmam and the Sackler family behind it, have agreed to pay $270 million to settle an opioid lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma, many felt it was a big step in the right direction. With entire states suing them and hundreds of […]
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-(Natural News) It’s no secret that excessive alcohol consumption can take a serious toll on your health. While we often associate alcohol abuse with car crashes and cirrhosis of the liver, these are not the only health risks posed by drinking too many alcoholic beverages. The previously held thought that a glass of red wine […]
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-(Natural News) For decades, researchers have known that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can lead to long-term harm to the baby. Despite this general knowledge and numerous warnings issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), many mothers-to-be still drink alcohol during pregnancy. Not only are these mothers increasing their child’s risk of developing […]
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-(Natural News) Who is to blame for the opioid epidemic that is currently gripping the nation and taking the lives of 60,000 Americans each year? Most people tend to blame the makers of these drugs, the doctors who prescribe them, and some even fault those who take these medications. However, now a very familiar name […]
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-(Natural News) Big Pharma is at it again. Canada’s CBC News is reporting that Johnson & Johnson is in the process of developing an intra-nasal version of the street drug ketamine, also known as “Special K,” for the treatment of severely depressed patients who have not responded to other forms of treatment. The pharmaceutical giant […]
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-(Natural News) Humans are naturally wired to crave sugar because it plays an important role in survival. During ancient times, sugar was mostly available in the summertime. People during those times would indulge in it to store excess calories in the form of body fat to survive through the cold winter seasons. Today, however, sugar […]
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-(Natural News) Government regulators in the United States are on a mission to make anti-diarrhea pills more difficult to abuse amidst reports of increased deaths and heart problems due to the drugs. Loperamide, which is marketed and sold as Imodium, slows down gut movement to make stool less watery. For loperamide to be able to […]
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-(Natural News) Teenagers are often highly susceptible to chronic sleep deprivation. Their busy schedules at school and sometimes at home can often lead to many nights of staying up late, while still needing to wake up early the next morning. This is a huge problem for a number of reasons, but the biggest one of all […]
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-(Natural News) A placebo pill is almost as effective as opioids for killing pain, suggests a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This is because the physiological pain-killing effects of opioids decrease over time. As the pain-killing effects wane, a larger dose is needed, causing opioid addiction. The researchers warn […]
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