Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the ...

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An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday says more youth are using opioids and calls for ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — September is National Recovery Month— a month dedicated to celebrating substance use recovery. That's a feat that some treatment facilities are seeing as more difficult as the potency ...

Home health agencies can significantly reduce clients’ risk of hospitalization with a focus on medication evaluation and reconciliation, according to a new study. The researchers examined medication ...

Hello, everyone! Did you know that a side effect of some medications is sensitivity to the sun or heat? I didn’t, until recently. Let’s dive in. The summer months mean more time out in the sun, but if ...

NEW ORLEANS — Could frequent use of some cold and allergy medications, and many other common drugs, like those for anxiety, increase your risk of dementia? We explore that question and why, as you age ...

Providing all the tools that can save lives should be a number one priority in the fight against overdoses and addiction. To that end, state legislators should not hesitate to back a bill introduced ...

Lucinda Grande is a physician and partner at Pioneer Family Practice in Lacey, Washington. Imagine a patient named Rosa tells you she wakes up night after night in a drenching sweat after having very ...

Imagine a patient named Rosa tells you she wakes up night after night in a drenching sweat after having very realistic dreams of smoking fentanyl. The dreams seem crazy to her. Three months ago, newly ...

Two common allergy medications could cause a severe reaction in some people who stop using it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert related to cetirizine (Zyrtec) or ...