Meth

Stimulant deaths

Fatal overdoses involving stimulants have spiked. Local health officials are responding.

Six men charged in Bucks County with smuggling cocaine, meth from California in karaoke speakers

Bucks County Drugs

Drug ring allegedly shipped 800 pounds of crystal meth from Los Angeles to Philly region

Southeastern Pennsylvania drug bust

Nine charged in Chester County-Philly drug bust, prosecutors say

Meth Heroin Chester County

New Jersey man used his pickup truck as meth lab

Meth lab pickup truck

32 arrested for drug ring that trafficked crystal meth between Philly and Blair County, attorney general says

Meth Philly Blair Pennsylvania

South Dakota's bizarre anti-meth campaign draws ridicule

South Dakota Meth

Stroudsburg man arrested in Utah for transporting 86 pounds of meth

Meth vs. opioids: America has two drug epidemics, but focuses on one

Sizable increase in cocaine and stimulant-related overdose deaths, CDC report finds

Stock_Carroll - Cocaine packed for street sale

Police uncover secret meth lab in Montco apartment building

Opioids pills needles

pancreatic cancer drug

Breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug approved by the FDA

alopecia hair loss

Rheumatoid arthritis drug also may help people with hair loss caused by severe alopecia

NFL Brain Disease

At least 1 in 4 NFL players develop CTE — and that's likely an undercount, new study finds

Sal Paolantonio Sirianni

Sal Paolantonio prides himself on living healthy, and offers a playbook for other men to follow

Physical Activity Work

New dementia study reiterates the physical activity paradox — that not all exercise is beneficial

Protein Muscle Building

More protein in your breakfast or snacks won’t give you more muscle without more work

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