In part because «botanicals are complex mixtures of chemicals,» supplements in this category present «a serious and growing public health problem,» Marcus and a colleague, pharmacologist Arthur Grollman of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2002. (sciencemag.org)
Opioid dependence is a growing public health problem in the United States and globally, associated with the spread of viruses such as HIV and hepatitis C, as well as fatal overdose when left untreated. (sciencedaily.com)
«Since psychiatric illness is a serious and growing public health problem, it's important that we take early signs of psychiatric illness and suicidal behaviour into consideration in suicide prevention,» says Jussi Jokinen, professor in psychiatry at Umeå University who led the current study. (sciencedaily.com)