Health

Are you a self-aware person? Are your planning and organization skills top-notch? Do you have a preferred learning style that always brings results? If your answers are positive, you might have great metacognitive skills. Metacognition is all about how you organize and control your actions toward a particular task. It relates to a situation where you can evaluate your thoughts …

Competition in sports can be fierce, and some athletes resort to banned methods in order to gain an edge over competitors. Consuming performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) is perhaps the most popular way. It’s so widespread that some even offer to legalize some PEDs. AddictionResource authors explain that doping is banned for a reason. It is a threat to the athlete’s health. …

Spending time with dogs, birds, rabbits, or bigger animals like horses, alpacas, and llamas can influence mental health in an extremely positive way. In fact, Animal-Assisted Therapy is part of some Substance Use Disorders programs. AAT enhances a healing process by fixing bodies, minds, and souls that have been damaged by substance abuse. Its positive results are listed in our …

Heart disease is a broad term used to refer to any medical condition affecting the body’s circulatory system. It’s a deadly condition that causes millions of death around the world every year, making it vital to identify and understand the common risk factors of the disease. Also known as cardiovascular disease (CVD), heart disease encompasses a group of disorders that …

If you were asked to describe bacon, you may find yourself using words like “greasy,” “fatty,” or “salty.” You probably wouldn’t use any of these words if someone asked you to describe what healthy foods taste like. But this doesn’t mean that consuming bacon has no benefit to your health. You’ve likely heard that you should avoid fat altogether, but …

Children’s teeth, also known as baby teeth or milk teeth, are important for every child’s development. They will start erupting from around six months of age, and they will have a complete set by the time they are three. Milk teeth hold the space for adult teeth, and taking good care of them ensures that these adult teeth come in …

We are already used to the news reports about celebrities struggling with addiction or overdosing on prescription medications. But it is not mentioned so often that 46 Americans die each day from overdoses involving prescription opioids. Opioids are a class of drugs that include powerful prescription painkillers, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, tramadol, morphine, and fentanyl. Health care providers use the …

Drug addiction is a chronic disease that manifests itself in an irresistible desire to use drugs, despite the negative socio-medical consequences. According to current research, addiction is a disease of the central nervous system: the biochemistry in the active centers (receptors) of the brain changes so that the need for drugs becomes biologically determined and very strong. It is very …

The news reports about teenagers dying after taking some drug are becoming more common. But with so high levels of substance abuse among adolescents it doesn’t seem surprising. In the given infographic, you can find the data provided by SAMHSA. Teenagers with Substance Use Disorders rarely seek professional help on their own. Because of their little life experiences they don’t …

Bupropion is prescribed to relieve depression (available under the brand name Wellbutrin) and enhance smoking cessation (Zyban). As you can see in the infographic, it’s linked with unwanted side effects. Obviously, a full list is longer and includes both physiological (dry mouth, high blood pressure, headache, etc.) and psychological (anxiety, irritability, restlessness, etc.) symptoms. They vary from person to person. …