When Brittany Rose Hallett of Indiana drank herself to death at 26, her $50,000 student loan debt was “weighing heavy on her mind,” says her mother.
Author: Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY
Help hard to find for teens struggling with mental health, thoughts of suicide
Early diagnosis, treatment is key to reducing suicide and addiction.Nearly half of people who suffer from addiction have amental health disorder.
FDA: Dozens of seizures reported after vaping, mostly by young people
Seizures or convulsions are known to be possible side effects of nicotine poisoning. Users often swallowed vaping liquid containing nicotine.
Hospitals know how to reduce or stop staph infections. So why are thousands still dying?
Nearly120,000 people contractedstaph infectionsin the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities– and nearly 20,000 died
Depression, anxiety, nicotine withdrawal: Trying to quit vaping ‘was hell’
E-cigarettes were introduced to help smokers quit. But for those trying to quit vaping, nicotine withdrawal can be ‘hell’
Winter forecast: Snow expected to follow the ho ho ho, starting in West and blanketing Midwest
Northern New England could get hit after storm covers much of U.S. from Rocky Mountains and across the central states.
Quitting alcohol can be deadly: Hundreds in the US die each year
Doctors say alcohol is often the most dangerous substance for the body to withdraw from – and still more so, when attemptedwithout medical supervision.