/channels/taxonomy/term/10354/all en /channels/channels/news/dr-gobbi-featured-how-cannabis-could-be-safe-alternative-opioid-painkillers-291318 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:17:13 +0000 webfull 142775 at /channels /channels/channels/news/dr-iguarta-featured-use-antidepressants-skyrocketing-among-quebec-teenagers-291317 <p>The use of antidepressants among teenagers has exploded in just the last few years in Quebec.</p> <p>Figures from Quebec's health insurance board are staggering — three times more Quebec teens were consuming antidepressant drugs in 2017 than they had ten years earlier.</p> <p>In addition, twice as many teen girls than teen boys are using them.</p> <p><em>Find out more</em></p> Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:08:40 +0000 webfull 142773 at /channels /channels/news/death-prescription-painkiller-237140 <p>The number of deaths involving commonly prescribed painkillers is higher than the number of deaths by overdose from heroin and cocaine combined, according to researchers at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University. In a first-of-its-kind review of existing research, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ team has put the spotlight on a major public health problem: the dramatic increase in deaths due to prescribed painkillers, which were involved in more than 16,000 deaths in 2010 in the U.S. alone. Currently, the U.S and Canada rank #1 and #2 in per capita opioid consumption. Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:24:30 +0000 webfull 103309 at /channels /channels/news/prescription-painkiller-overdoses-237160 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:57:51 +0000 webfull 103330 at /channels