Alprazolam, also known under the trade names Xanax and Niravam, is a short-acting drug of the benzodiazepine class used to treat moderate to severe anxiety disorders, panic attacks, and as an adjunctive treatment for anxiety associated with clinical depression. It is also available in an extended release form, Xanax XR. Both forms are now available generically.

A one-of-a-kind weight management program for children and teens that opened in Jacksonville three years ago is continuing to grow, and the children are the ones getting smaller.

Healthy teens are the future and health of our country. Many habits which persist in adulthood are formed in one’s teens. That is why the HPB wants to focus on their practices and attitudes towards smoking, sex, diet, exercise and mental health.

Study from Dr. Ana R. Damaso and colleagues from the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil