Epilepsy Plus Mental Ills Linked to Premature Death, Study Says

Epilepsy Plus Mental Ills Linked to Premature Death, Study Says
Of the epilepsy patients who died from external causes, 75 percent also had a diagnosed mental disorder, with substance abuse (56 percent) and depression (23 percent) the most common, according to the study, published July 22 in The Lancet. People with … Read more on U.S. News & World Report

Smoking Increases Risk of Alcohol Abuse by Blunting Brain's Reward System
Smoking increases the risk of alcohol abuse (wiki commons). Smoking increases the risk of alcohol abuse because it causes a change in the brain's "reward" mechanism. Researchers have long known that smoking is a risk factor in alcohol abuse in later … Read more on IBTimes.co.uk

Causes Of Addiction To Pain Medication – Expert Dr. John Massey, MD, discusses in great detail what causes addiction to pain medication. He begins by stating that people in pain are miserable. Their…