Almost 40% of patients prefer to self-medicate because doing so has worked for them previously, according to a survey published Feb. 27, led by market research and data analytics firm YouGov. It is ...

A while back I promised to survey the three most common models of addiction—disease, choice, and self-medication—and say something about the advantages and disadvantages of each. I got hung up on the ...

October 8, 2009 — One quarter of patients with chronic tooth pain, jaw/face pain, or arthritis use alcohol for pain relief. Such self-medication is most common among younger non-Hispanic white men, ...

Background Self-administration of medicines or dietary supplements without any physician’s advice appears to be more frequently practiced by amateur athletes. Objective The aim is to assess the ...

The use of medicine can no longer be considered a solely human trait, if it ever was. An ever-growing list of animals use various chemicals to self-medicate and to treat peers and offspring, usually ...

The tragic news that actress Sophie Nyweide succumbed to what might be a "possible unintentional overdose" is further ...

Prevalence and Subtype Distribution of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Among Women Presenting for Cervical Cancer Screening at Karanda Mission Hospital An institutional review board–approved study was ...

A while back I promised to survey the three most common models of addiction—disease, choice, and self-medication—and say something about the advantages and disadvantages of each. I got hung up on the ...

We all medicate. Some of us medicate to stop feeling scared, to stop feeling depressed, to stop feeling angry. But what if it's time to stop medicating against things? I've got a prescription for you, ...