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Prescription drugs carry the second highest drug abuse rate in the U.S., and the trend is also reflected in a recent study on military misuse of medications. Rates of abuse of prescribed medications saw almost a threefold increase from 2005 to 2008, says a study highlighted in a Medscape Today article. Continue Reading
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The addiction can start with something as simple as a treatment for a backache: A woman wanders into her kitchen in the middle of the night, seeking pain relief for an injury she suffered after helping a good friend move. The injury has left her sleepless, and the morning will bring another full day. She pulls out the ibuprofen and tosses a couple back, swallowing water as she heads back to bed.
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Post partum depression has been identified as a real and potentially life-threatening mental condition that can impact a new mother generally after the birth of a child. It does not have to be a first child for the woman and there is no guarantee on whether or not a woman will have to deal with this or for how long. An estimated 19 percent of new mothers suffer from post partum.
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It has long been understood that those soldiers who serve in heavy combat can experience post-traumatic stress disorder. For some, the impact is so bad that they are never able to return to a normal way of life. Still others deal with intense thoughts of suicide. Continue Reading
