A man is facing drug trafficking charges in Florida, authorities said.Deputies in Orlando arrested 19-year-old Darryl Smith, of Lake Charles, on Friday.Smith was booked into the Polk County Jail on charges of manufacturing and distributing a controlled substance and possession of a controlled drug.He is scheduled to appear in court in Polk County on Feb.
A Washington Post reporter is suing the city of St. Louis for negligence for allegedly failing to provide a proper care for his son, who suffered from spinal injuries.Johnathan H. Williams, a reporter with The Washington Times, sued the city last week, alleging he suffered “an injury and subsequent permanent disability” while being treated at
When I first heard about Kratom back in August, I was skeptical, but I was intrigued.The herb has been touted as an alternative to prescription painkillers and its effects have been touted to help treat opioid addiction and help people with chronic pain.But the substance’s effects have remained largely unknown until now, with no studies
Neuropathy is a disease characterized by an abnormally high sensitivity to electrical impulses in the brain.The disorder affects about 1 in 4,000 people, and can cause muscle spasms, numbness or tingling in the extremities and an inability to feel pain.The condition is also known as motor neuron disease or degenerative neuropathy.In the United States, it
Medical treatment and hypomania medications can help people sleep better and have a more positive impact on their health, according to a new report from the Center for Health and Health Systems and Harvard School of Public Health.The researchers examined nearly 2,000 participants in the Sleep and Sleep Disorders Study to find which treatments were
Egypt is facing a crisis in its healthcare system, with hospitals treating hundreds of thousands of people with severe hyponatreme and other complications.In a letter sent on Monday to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, doctors and other health workers said the situation has deteriorated markedly in the last six months.The number of deaths has more than
The Indian Express newspaper has reported that the state government has issued a blanket ban on the sale of the drug known as spasm-treatment medication.According to the report, the move was taken in response to a spate of cases of patients taking this medication for anxiety and panic attacks.Spasm therapy medications are prescribed to people
A new study has found that the number of people being treated in emergency departments in England and Wales has fallen by more than one-third over the last four years, even as a number of other areas of the health service have seen an increase in patients.The report, commissioned by the NHS England and published
By now, most of us have heard of the use of antidepressants, the use or abuse of herbal remedies, the over-the-counter use of drugs or the over the counter use of some of the more potent painkillers.These are all examples of the medical treatment of which we are aware, yet we are not sure what
I have been trying to get a hold of some vaccines to see how they stack up against each other.I have some data from the first three days of the pandemic that shows how the vaccines compare.First of all, the vaccines are not as expensive as they could be.That’s because the government has spent hundreds
