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The FDA recently issued a warning that ADHD medications containing methylphenidate may cause priapism, a painful and long-lasting erection. The FDA concluded the association between these mediations and priapism based on reports to the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) and the biomedical literature.

A recent study found that the same type of therapy that has been proven best for PTSD seen in soldiers returning from war can be effective in treating PTSD in adolescent girls who have been victims of sexual violence.

The FDA recently approved marketing for a new post-natal blood test that will screen for a number of chromosomal abnormalities that are related to intellectual disabilities and developmental delays.

A new study from the British Medical Journal found that the death of a close family member in early childhood increased a person’s risk of psychotic disorders later in life. Researchers examined a cohort of more than 1 million births between 1973 and 1985 in Sweden to see if prenatal exposure to extreme maternal grief or postnatal bereavement could contribute to psychosis.

New research out of New Zealand reports that teens that identify as transgender have poor safety and well-being across a number of areas in comparison to their non-transgender peers.

A supportive school environment results in fewer kids using cigarettes and marijuana compared to a school that uses drug testing, according to recent research out of Rutgers University. However, neither strategy is particularly helpful in reducing teen drinking.

Amsterdam is putting alcoholics back to work—paying them in part with cans of beer to clean litter from the city’s streets, according to a December report in the New York Times.

In November, drug giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiaries agreed to pay $2.2 billion in fines and fees for wrongdoing related to kickbacks and misbranding of a number of their medications.

The street drug commonly known as Ecstasy or Molly is landing more young people in the emergency department (ED), according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).