illegally have smuggled fentanyl into the U.S., which he claims killed hundreds of thousands of people. Both are incorrect. In 2023, overdose deaths from all opioids, including fentanyl, killed 81,083 people, according to the Center for Disease Control. U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...
How Many People Have Substance Use Disorders? According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 46.3 million people (16.5 percent of the population) had a substance use disorder within the year. Alcohol use disorder was the most common SUD, affecting 29.5 million people. How Substa...
Byline: MATTHEW BAYLEYDaily Mail (London)
My epidural overdose taught me nothing I didn’t already know. I am an addict, a compulsive pleasure-seeker. Thankfully, my appetite has never included heroin or dangerous sex. I use the label “addict” broadly — these are habits and behaviors that derail my health and overall well-being...
The dark side of daily vitamin D supplements: After a man died from an ‘overdose’ in the U.K., experts explain how much is healthy BYLindsey Leake March 16, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT In 2023, an 89-year-old man in the U.K. died in part from vitamin D toxicity, or hypervitamin...
like when they get out of bed. Yang’s sensor company sells an FDA-cleared medical device that can monitor heart rates from above hospital beds or jail cells—no wearables required. Some of these devices are already in use in Kentucky jails, where the goal is to help prevent overdoses and...
Kennedy has long attacked vaccines and criticized the CDC, repeatedly alleging corruption at the agency. He said on a 2023 podcast that there is "no vaccine that is safe and effective,” and urged people to resistthe CDC's guidelines about if and when...
“In New Mexico, a Democratic Governor Wants to Get Tough on Crime,” by NYT’s Michael Corkery: “Even as crime declines rapidly across the United States and fatal overdoses decrease, the violent crime rate in New Mexico was twice the national average in 2023, according to the Council of...
Despite ibuprofen having a wide safety margin, it is possible to overdose on it, but death from ibuprofen overdose is rare. Children are more susceptible to the effects of ibuprofen and likely to experience an overdosage of ibuprofen if dosages of more than 400mg/kg (in the range of 8000...
She spent most of her pre-Lifehacker career covering media and politics for outlets like Us Weekly, CNN, The Daily Dot, Mashable, Glamour, and InStyle. In recent years, her freelancing has focused on drug use and the overdose crisis, with pieces appearing in Vanity Fair, WIRED, The New ...