The modern pharmacopeia is a glorious thing—drugs have helped many people with depression and anxiety, not to mention cancer and other life-threatening diseases. But what goes down your throat must ...

Beta blockers are quickly becoming the hot new drug to combat anxiety. The medication, also known as propranolol, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1967 for the treatment of ...

For millions of people who live with racing thoughts and a pounding heart, help might already be sitting in the medicine ...

New research suggests that pharmaceutical pollution can change the behavior of salmon in the wild. In many streams and rivers, fish are swimming in a veritable soup of drugs. Components of that soup ...

When the drug clobazam accumulates in Atlantic salmon's brains, migrating juvenile fish reach the ocean sooner, a new study found. A juvenile salmon is shown in May 2019. - Jörgen Wiklund Hatched in ...

In 2019, an international team of researchers led by Linds Ernstsen of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology published a study that identified a correlation between higher levels of ...

Clobazam, a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety, has been found to affect Atlantic salmon in similar ways to humans. Exposure to the drug makes the fish less fearful and gives them more confidence to ...

NEW YORK -- Sales of anti-anxiety drugs, anti-depressants and sleep aids have surged since last month's terrorist attacks, particularly in New York and Washington. Therapists are reporting agitation, ...

Many expecting moms feel more worried than usual, but if fears are overwhelming or impact your day-to-day life, you may have pregnancy anxiety.

In many streams and rivers, fish are swimming in a veritable soup of drugs. Components of that soup may be disrupting their behavior, according to a new study. Atlantic salmon exposed to anti-anxiety ...