Surging opioid overdose deaths rates fueled a more than three-month loss in estimated life expectancy at birth in 2015, according to a recent study published in JAMA.
Public Health
New York City authorities seized more than 200 pounds of opioids in two separate drug busts in August and September, reports NJ.com.
Hospitals in regions with tougher gun laws on average experience lower rates of emergency department visits for pediatric firearm-related injuries, according to a study slated to be presented at the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics national conference in Chicago from…
A new Netflix documentary called "Heroin(e)" follows three women — a fire chief, a judge and a street missionary — who are working to address the opioid crisis ravaging Huntington, W.Va.
Attorneys for the city of Tacoma, Wash., filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Purdue Pharma, Endo Health Solutions and Janssen Pharmaceuticals for allegedly providing physicians and patients with misleading information regarding the safety and efficacy of their respective opioid products.
Advertisement
The concentration of opioid use among a minority of patients has intensified since 2001, with 76 percent of opioid prescriptions written for 10 percent of patients in 2013, according to an analysis of pharmacy data published in the Annals of…
Several national health insurers pledged assistance before and in the wake of Hurricane Irma's landfall.
More than 70 percent of Americans don't want prescription medication for pain treatment, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday.
HHS and the Department of Defense have begun search and rescue efforts to evacuate dialysis patients from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, due to damage left in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
Opioid use may be attributable to 20 percent of the overall decline in men's participation in the U.S. workforce, according to a paper authored by Alan Krueger, PhD, an economics professor at Princeton (N.J.) University.