View this in a browser Trusted Health Information from the National Institutes of Health New from NIH MedlinePlus Magazine ER visits for drug overdose may raise risk of later death 11/26/2020 09:00 AM EST People treated in the emergency room (ER) for an opioid overdose are 100 times more likely to die by drug overdose within a year of the ER visit compared with the general population. They are also 18 times more likely to die by suicide in that time frame. Opioids are drugs that reduce pain and can be highly addictive. These findings are from an analysis funded by the National Institute of Mental Read the full article Autoimmunity in adolescents tripled in recent decades 11/25/2020 09:00 AM EST Autoimmunity, which is when the immune system attacks the body instead of protecting it against disease, appears to be rising in the U.S. New research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that autoimmunity is increasing faster in males, non-Hispanic whites, adults 50 years and older, and adolescents. Of the four groups with the largest increases, adolescents had the sharpest rise.  The rise in autoimmunity is linked Read the full article

 

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