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SHE DID A GREAT JOB RAISING HER SON. WELL, AT 645 THERE’S A CLEAR CONNECTION BETWEEN ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND SOMEONE’S DEPENDANCE TO THEIR PHONE. LOCAL DOCTORS SAY THEY’RE TREATING MORE YOUNG ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dr. Smita Das often hears the same myth: You can’t get hooked on pot. And the misconception has become more ...

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A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

Mary started drinking regularly in the early nineties, when she was thirteen. Her father had recently married a Danish woman and moved the family to Denmark, which has one of the highest teen-drinking ...

At age six, Sarah Hill was handed her first iPad by her parents, which she used to play games like Angry Birds and Minecraft whenever she was bored. By age 21, the Alabama native had fallen so deep ...