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In the same study, health care workers taking blood pressure medications and people 45 and older were found to be at lower risk of such infections.

As South Korea grapples with increasing synthetic drug smuggling cases from China, it has chosen to ally itself ...

NEW YORK—The Portland Thorns have fired their athletic trainer after an outside investigation found he illegally distributed a ...

Turmeric extract, when combined with gingerols in ginger and piperine in black pepper, shows promise for addressing osteoarthritis, ...

Pain relievers are convenient medications that can relieve pain in the body. Whether it is headache, fever, muscle ...

LONDON—A British woman who was imprisoned in Egypt because she brought hundreds of painkillers into the country has ...

In a nearly unanimous vote, the Senate approved a bill to address the epidemic of opioid addiction that's ...

LONDON—Over 450 people died at a hospital in the south of England after being prescribed powerful painkillers, according ...

Manufacturer of the powerful opioid painkiller OxyContin, Purdue, has said it will stop promoting opioid drugs to doctors. ...

For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—As Ohio's overdose epidemic has climbed toward a record high, an army of lobbyists representing makers of ...

Long-acting opioids have a significantly higher risk of death when compared with other medications for moderate-to-severe chronic pain. ...

CHICAGO—Accidental overdoses aren't the only deadly risk from using powerful prescription painkillers—the drugs may also contribute to heart-related ...

We are in the midst of a deadly drug epidemic so severe and widespread that few people in ...

The investigation of Prince's death was completed on Thursday, June 2, and findings concluded that the "Purple Rain" ...

Opioids like morphine, oxycodone, and methadone that are used as painkillers may actually cause an increase in pain over ...

Antidepressant use in North America has jumped in the last two decades, perhaps because doctors are increasingly prescribing ...

As New Hampshire considers mandatory drug prevention education in all grades, the state's opioid crisis has heightened the ...

By Ethan A. Huff, contributing writer to Natural News Prescription painkiller drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin are now directly ...

Experts recommend surgeons consider cutting back on the number of take-home opioid pills prescribed to patients post surgery. The ...

A group of 20 lawmakers backs a bill to require more rigorous medical training for police officers, borne ...

Far from being recognized for their potential health hazards, ADHD drugs have gained a reputation as "cognition enhancers" ...

What do conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, singer Courtney Love, and deceased actor Heath Ledger all have ...

There are staggering statistics of America’s drug abuse crisis that can appear sterile but the reality is human ...

Opioid painkillers have been invaluable in treating acute pain after injury and surgery for hundreds of years. (Opiates ...

There are two opioid crises in the world today. One is the epidemic of abuse and misuse, present ...