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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him. The animal ...

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, ...

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 ...

Medication abortion has become increasingly common since it first became available in the United States two decades ago, and a new study finds that requests for abortion pills through sources outside ...

Q: I tend to get yeast infections. What can I do to prevent them, and is it okay to use over-the-counter medication? A: You’re in good company: 70 percent of all women will have at least one yeast ...