Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you heard the phrase "substance misuse" used more recently? You may have realized there's been a shift in language away from ...

Nearly half of people in a large U.S. study reported misusing prescription drugs between ages 18-50, which made them more likely to develop substance use disorder symptoms as adults––especially those ...

Recently Costco Wholesale prevailed, once again, in its ongoing copyright litigation with Omega. After the United States Supreme Court deadlocked on whether the first sale doctrine authorized the ...

Alcohol misuse can happen in stages. These stages may lead to alcohol use disorder in some people. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a condition that is characterized by the inability to control or stop ...

In any successful business, there will be certain people who have more power than others. If wielded appropriately, power can influence others in a positive way. If misused, power manifests as ...

Device Misuse Addressing the Problem of Medical Device Misuse Medical device misuse is unavoidable. But how much responsibility should device manufacturers bear for creating safer products? Michael E.

The term alcohol “misuse” refers to stages 3 and 4 in the pattern of drinking. In these stages, drinking begins to become a problem, and if the individual continues in the same manner, he is adjudged ...

More than one in eight U.S. adults (12.6 percent) used benzodiazepines in the past year, up from previous reports. Misuse of the prescription drugs accounted for more than 17 percent of overall use, ...