Elizabeth de Moya

A Chicago woman is suing her former plastic surgeon for using photos of her rhinoplasty operation without her consent. Sabrina Kropp, age 55, alleges that Dr. Robert Walton of Plastic Surgery Chicago LLC posted before-and-after photographs of her septal...

A study by the U.S. government shows that gay and bisexual people are more likely to have certain lifestyle habits. According to the 2013 National Health Survey, homosexual and bisexual individuals are more likely to indulge in alcohol and...

The City Council in Berkeley, California voted to pass an ordinance that would require dispensaries to provide medical marijuana (MMJ) for low income patients. Municipal Code Section 12.27.080 would also allow for a fourth certified dispensary to open in...

The first website to compare prices on marijuana at different dispensaries is Wikileaf, which is being hailed as the “Priceline of Pot.” Founded by Dan Nelson in June of 2013, the site – currently in beta – lets users...

On Thursday the Obama administration hosted a summit on opioid abuse to address the dramatic rise in drug overdoses in the United States. To give you an idea of the scope of this growing epidemic, opiate overdoses in the...

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2014 was recently published. The organization found that alcohol-related deaths seem to be increasing worldwide. In 2012 it is estimated there were 3.3 million alcohol induced deaths,...

The latest iPhone game to go viral has been taken down before most of us got to play it. The controversial Weed Firm app was briefly number one in every category of games before being pulled by Apple and...

A new study shows that smokers with mental health conditions are twice as likely to have tried e-cigarettes, as compared to smokers without mental issues. The study was conducted by a research team from the University of California, San...

The human mind has a remarkable capacity to control the body when we concentrate. Hypnosis or hypnotherapy is a treatment that makes use of relaxation techniques to induce suggestions upon the unconscious mind. Studies have shown hypnotism to be...

A controversial drug known as Moxduo failed to gain approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a unanimous 14:0 decision. The powerful new opioid combines morphine and oxycodone into one instant release tablet. Australian pharmaceutical company QRxPharma,...