Faces of Prescription Drug Abuse: Dawn Thompson – Shelbyville wife and mother of 3 Dawn Thompson talks about her struggle with a prescription drug addiction that followed multiple health problems.
New study looks at Twitter's portrayal of prescription drugs
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Jeanmarie Perrone, professor of emergency medicine at Penn, along with her colleagues, presented a study that looked at what information was being said on Twitter about various prescription drugs and how the drugs were being portrayed. “Social media … Read more on The Daily Pennsylvanian
Sodium Levels in Fizzy Meds May Up CVD Risks
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After adjusting for smoking, body mass index (BMI), and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, regular users of prescribed effervescent and other sodium-containing drugs had a 16% greater risk for nonfatal stroke, nonfatal myocardial … Read more on MedPage Today