Matthew Perry admits he ‘probably spent $9 million’ trying to get sober

Matthew Perry admits he ‘probably spent  million’ trying to get sober

Matthew Perry’s battle with addiction didn’t only nearly cost him his life — it came with a staggering price tag, too. “I’ve probably spent $9 million or something trying to get sober,” the “Friends” star admitted to The New York Times in an interview about his upcoming memoir detailing his harrowing near-death struggle. By the … Read more

San Diego ER seeing up to 37 marijuana cases a day — mostly psychosis

San Diego ER seeing up to 37 marijuana cases a day — mostly psychosis

Meg and Scott knew something was going on with their son Kyle when, during the pandemic, he began refusing to get out of bed to attend class online. Up until then, Kyle had been like a dream son: tall, good-looking, strong, athletic, with a great sense of humor. He was such a good baseball player … Read more

After fentanyl killed her soulmate, recovering drug user shares story

After fentanyl killed her soulmate, recovering drug user shares story

When Paul Francis Duffy II got a call that another person was brought to the emergency room after an overdose, he would put on his suit and head to the hospital. Duffy, as a peer support specialist, would offer support to survivors — and encourage them to seek treatment, just like he had. But for … Read more

Matthew Perry spotted looking healthy after revelation that he nearly died

Matthew Perry spotted looking healthy after revelation that he nearly died

Matthew Perry, 53, was spotted for the first time since revealing that he spent weeks in a coma and nearly died from his opioid addiction. The “Friends” star was photographed in Los Angeles last week looking healthier than he has in recent years. Perry was seen running errands with an unnamed female friend seeming to … Read more

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry: ‘I thought they were going to annihilate me’

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry: ‘I thought they were going to annihilate me’

Matthew Perry is still searching for the One and isn’t afraid to find love. The “Friends” star, 53, broke off an engagement to literary manager Molly Hurwitz last year, however, he still desires to be a husband and a father. He detailed his past relationships as well as addiction issues in his latest memoir, “Friends, … Read more

Virtual library of LSD-like drugs could reveal new antidepressants

Virtual library of LSD-like drugs could reveal new antidepressants

In this episode: 00:46 A virtual chemical library uncovers potential antidepressants Certain psychedelic drugs are of interest to researchers due to their promising antidepressant effects. To help speed up the discovery of molecules with useful properties, researchers have built a virtual library of 75 million compounds related to these drugs. This approach yielded two molecules … Read more

Impotence drugs that may kill off cancer cells could boost survival rates

Impotence drugs that may kill off cancer cells could boost survival rates

Drugs routinely used to treat erectile dysfunction could boost survival rates in people with certain cancers by making their treatment more effective. Researchers at Southampton University have found that drugs called phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors, which include Viagra, can potentially improve how well patients with oesophageal cancer respond to chemotherapy. The hope is it … Read more

Kids are 20% more likely to have ADHD, sleeping problems if mom took Tylenol while pregnant: study

Kids are 20% more likely to have ADHD, sleeping problems if mom took Tylenol while pregnant: study

Women who take painkillers could be increasing their baby’s odds for developing attention disorders and sleeping problems, a new study suggests. Using data from the First Baby Study in Pennsylvania, researchers from Penn State University looked at the effects that acetaminophen — sold under the brand name Tylenol — had on the babies of women who took the … Read more

Meghan Trainor: Nurses implied antidepressants caused son to be in NICU

Meghan Trainor: Nurses implied antidepressants caused son to be in NICU

Meghan Trainor claims the nurses who cared for her and her son when she gave birth implied she was to blame for the newborn’s admission into the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). “They kept asking me if I was on antidepressants during the pregnancy, and I was, but on the lowest dose possible,” the “All … Read more

City Council bill would pay drug users to return used needles

City Council bill would pay drug users to return used needles

Socialist and progressive city council members are looking to advance a bill that would pay drug users to return spent paraphernalia as the number of discarded needles in New York City has more than doubled over the last year. The proposed cash-for-addicts program “would authorize the [Department of Health and Mental Hygiene] to set the … Read more

New study shows two diabetes drugs outperforming others

New study shows two diabetes drugs outperforming others

(NewsNation) — A large-scale clinical trial comparing four common drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes found that two of the drugs performed “modestly better” than the others, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported Wednesday. Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), and launched in 2013 by the Glycemia Reduction … Read more

A Common Heart Drug May Help People Struggling with Alcohol Use Disorder

A Common Heart Drug May Help People Struggling with Alcohol Use Disorder

Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) A common heart and blood pressure drug could see a second act as a treatment for alcohol use disorder, new government-led research this week suggests. The study has found evidence in both rodents and humans that the medication spironolactone can reduce people’s craving for and consumption of alcohol. Spironolactone has been in … Read more

Can you combine Paxlovid with other COVID-19 drugs? FDA says no, for some

Can you combine Paxlovid with other COVID-19 drugs? FDA says no, for some

Taking Pfizer’s blockbuster COVID-19 pills, Paxlovid, at the same time as a rival’s treatment for the virus might be safe and more effective than either drug alone, federal scientists have found.  The combination might also offer a solution to so-called “rebound” cases, when patients see a return of symptoms after finishing off a course of … Read more

Single-Dose ‘Polypill’ Found to Save Lives, Prevent Heart Attacks in Major New Trial

Single-Dose ‘Polypill’ Found to Save Lives, Prevent Heart Attacks in Major New Trial

Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) A three-in-one drug combo can help people with a history of heart attacks stay healthy, new research shows. The randomized clinical trial found that people who took the bundled medication, also known as a polypill, went on to experience fewer heart attacks, strokes, or cardiovascular-related deaths than those given standard care. The … Read more

Monkeypox Vaccine Shortage Causes Frustration as Men Clamor for Doses

Monkeypox Vaccine Shortage Causes Frustration as Men Clamor for Doses

Gay and bisexual men in the US are hitting walls to find a monkeypox vaccine because of limited supplies, with some activists criticizing the government as being too slow to increase its vaccine stockpiles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while the US awaits about 800,000 vaccine doses in Denmark, the number … Read more