Her biggest concern about using marijuana for opioid-use disorder? “Ifyou don’t treat it properly, your risk of dying is quite high.”
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
Was Luke Perry too young to have a fatal stroke? Not really
The risk of stroke increases with age.But it can be particularly dangerous for adults in middle age (like actor Luke Perry, who was 52) and younger.
FDA: Blood pressure drug losartan recalled over small amounts of carcinogen
A drug company recalled the blood pressure medication losartan after discovering trace amounts of a carcinogen.
FDA: Another blood pressure drug, irbesartan, recalled over cancer-causing impurity
Eight lots of the blood pressure-lowering drugs irbesartan and irbesartan HCTZ are recalled after testing reveals a carcinogen
Do you have high blood pressure? It depends on which doctor you ask
Specialists and primary-care doctors disagree on how much blood pressure is too high. Different standards could be confusing patients.
Women’s March leaders in New York face scrutiny as local chapters defect
The Women’s March faces infighting as local chapters rebel over questions of finances, control and anti-Semitism.
Three more blood pressure drugs recalled over cancer concern: Here’s what you need to know
Mylan Pharmaceuticals has recalled three common blood pressure medications over concerns they could include small amounts of a cancer-causing impurity.
CDC: More cases of polio-like illness in children emerge
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised the number of cases of acute flaccid myelitis this year to 90. An additional 162 patients are under investigation.