Calls to U.S. poison control centers involving tianeptine, an antidepressant used in Europe, Asia and Latin America, have climbed since 2015, according to the CDC’s most recent Morbidity and Mortality ...

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Unsupervised use of psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” has accelerated among all age groups in the United States, but especially among adolescents and people 30 and older, a new study found. “The ...

New York’s relationship with the Internet is toxic. Adults overwhelmingly made up the majority of subjects who called the city’s Poison Control Center last Halloween — but not because they’re suddenly ...

A warm, wet summer weather means wild mushrooms are multiplying, and poison control calls are increasing. Most of those calls involve children under 5 picking or eating a mushroom that could be ...

ATLANTA — A new law that regulates veterinarian telehealth is impacting poison control call center dispatchers. SB 105 went into effect in July. Now, only vets and vet techs licensed in Georgia can ...

Glowsticks are common on Halloween. Whether they're on costumes or parents using them to spot their child while trick-or-treating at night, they still cause a call spike for poison control centers ...

A study found a nearly 50 percent increase in such calls between 2005 and 2012. — -- A new study found calls to poison control centers in the U.S. due to exposures to dietary supplements rose by ...

The Texas Tribune - Texas lawmakers across the political spectrum have thrown around various claims about the dangers of hemp-derived THC to children, emphasizing its proliferation was a “life and ...