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Mutual of Omaha, an insurance company offering Medicare Supplement plans, will begin selling Medicare Advantage plans across the country.

Researchers identified the structure of an opioid receptor in the brain during active engagement with a drug molecule. The discovery could facilitate the creation of safer and more effective opioid analgesics, according to a study published in the journal Cell. 

Researchers with the U.S. Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, an arm of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a vaccine that blocks the addictive effects…

IBM's Watson for Genomics, a cognitive computing platform that suggests potential therapies based on genomic tumor data, can effectively identify patients for new clinical trials, according to recent research out of Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer…

Evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines developed by researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor reduced the number of opioids prescribed after gallbladder removal surgery by more than 60 percent, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.

A new prescribing guideline after surgery can reduce opioid pill prescriptions by almost half, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The Drug Enforcement Administration issued an order Nov. 8, finalizing an August proposal to mandate a 20 percent decrease in the production of certain opioid medications for 2018.

Two primary medications used to treat opioid addiction — Vivitrol and Suboxone — are comparable in both efficacy and safety, according to a study published in The Lancet.

NantHealth, best known for its GPS Cancer genetic tests — and its billionaire physician owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD — posted financial results for its third quarter, noting GPS revenue exceeded $1 million, a 128 percent increase from the second quarter.

Identifying opioid use disorders in hospitalized patients and connecting them with addiction treatment services can help expand access to care, according to preliminary research from Boston Medical Center published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.