According to the Radiological Society of North America, (RSNA), heavy use of marijuana may put adolescents, who are genetically predisposed to schizophrenia, at greater risk of developing the brain disorder.

Using a sophisticated brain imaging technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), researchers analyzed the brains of groups of adolescents: healthy, non-drug users; heavy marijuana smokers (daily use for at least one year); and schizophrenic patients

Defenders of Property Rights (DPR) announced on Wednesday its optimism that the Brazilian government has backed away from its position on seizing American AIDS drug patents.

DPR addresses the fact that Brazilian Health Minister Saraiva Felipe issued a bulletin to the National Council on Health stating the government's opinion that levels of HIV and AIDS are "under control" in Brazil, which has previously been Brazil's rationale for breaking patents on anti-AIDS drugs

A Latino advocacy group released an eye-opening report Tuesday showing that the top 7 Catholic hospital systems raked in over $2 billion in profits in 2004, while continuing to price gouge uninsured Hispanics, 9 of 10 of whom are Catholic.

Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a national non-profit consumer advocacy organization which educates and assists Latinos and others, says the abuses happened while the group sat on over $20 billion in cash and investments

In a typical American high school classroom, three students one boy and two girls have attempted suicide over the past year.

Since the U.S. Surgeon General's "Call to Action to Prevent Suicide" in 1999, focus has risen on suicide as a public health crisis. The incidents add up to 30,000 deaths a year among all Americans

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will come to Phoenix, Arizona on November 9 as part of its education initiative, to inform physicians and the public about buprenorphine, a new office-based medical treatment for addiction to prescription pain relievers and other opiate drugs, such as heroin.

The forum will offer information about the science of buprenorphine and the federal requirements for establishing this new office-based treatment