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Babies at higher risk for ADHD, autism if pregnant moms took acetaminophen

Babies born to women who used acetaminophen late in pregnancy may be at increased risk of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder, a new study suggests. Faculty Associate Xiaobin Wang is quoted.

A Delicate Balancing Act

Robinson

The Committee on Human Rights in North Korea is one of the fiercest critics of the Pyongyang regime in Washington, D.C. But a new report it commissioned has asked the […]

Social Isolation in Childhood May Predict Early Adult Psychotic Experiences

Surkan

Childhood social isolation may increase the risk of having 2 or more lifetime psychotic experiences, and thus subsequent diagnosis of psychotic disorder, according to a study. Faculty Associate Pamela J. […]

Medicare Fraud Carries Heavy Price Tag For Scammed Patients

Medicare patients treated by clinicians who are later banned for fraud and abuse are 14% to 17% more likely to die than patients treated by non-excluded clinicians. Faculty Associate Lauren Hersch […]

Supporters push safe injection sites to stem overdose deaths in Maryland, but legal questions unresolved

As opioids continue to claim hundreds of lives a month in Maryland, treatment advocates, politicians and others are making another push to permit drug use in certain places where it […]

Democrats avoid infighting during drug pricing panel on Pelosi bill

Democrats avoided infighting during a hearing on prescription drug prices Wednesday, a positive sign for the passage of a bill recently introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Members of the Energy […]

Supporters push safe injection sites to stem overdose deaths in Maryland, but legal questions unresolved

As opioids continue to claim hundreds of lives a month in Maryland, treatment advocates, politicians and others are making another push to permit drug use in certain places where it […]

Almost Everywhere Fewer Children Are Dying

Liu

The sharp decline in childhood mortality reflects work by governments and international aid groups to fight child poverty and the diseases that are most lethal to poor children: neonatal disorders, […]

Mitigating opioids’ harm

To curb the death toll of the opioid epidemic, it will require drug-use prevention and the treatment of addiction — both long mainstays of the public-health response to substance abuse. […]

Reining in the spending on drugs: What Mass. Can learn from other states

Drug prices, long a concern, are drawing new scrutiny now with the advent of cutting-edge medicines that can be life-changing — but that come with eye-popping price tags. Faculty Associate Gerard […]