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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Although social scientists have taken up the study of medication use in both developing and developed nations, the medication practices of ...

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 was the last time you felt unwell but chose to self-medicate instead of seeing a doctor? Did you finish the prescribed dose the last time you took antibiotics? If you're like most people, the ...

Going to the doctor or reaching for an over-the-counter drug when you’re feeling sick may seem like uniquely human activities. After all, when’s the last time you saw a pigeon with a bum wing sporting ...

I have encountered numerous cases in which the person I am evaluating maintained that he used heroin to “self-medicate” in order to alleviate chronic pain. We all experience physical pain at some ...

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 ...