Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The loss of a loved one to a drug overdose has a long-lasting effect on families. Still, the International Overdose Awareness Day ...

The first time I saw Maya (not her real name) huddled under blankets in a hospital bed in 2013, she had been to dozens of inpatient detox programs and residential treatment centers since she had begun ...

Opioid overdose's respiratory depression can damage oxygen-sensitive brain cells, produce lasting cognitive and emotional ...

Medications proven to effectively treat opioid addiction are rarely given after emergency department visits for overdose, and who gets them varies, sometimes greatly, depending on race, ethnicity or ...

Opinion: Maryland and Gov. Wes Moore are removing barriers to care for addiction treatment, writes Robert Melvin.

Many people assume that most individuals addicted to opioids are young or middle-aged, and generally, they’re right. But there’s also a significant population of 65+ addicted adults, reported by the ...

Fomeche is an addiction medicine fellow at Yale University. In medicine, we like to believe that progress is linear. That once a patient stabilizes, regains lost skills, and returns to work, the ...

Still, overdose deaths and opioid addiction remain a major public health concern that harms families and friends and also negatively impacts communities and economies by taxing social services, law ...

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YOUTH CRIME ACROSS WINSTON-SALEM. STATE OF ADDICTION MARCH 6TH MARKS BLACK BALLOON DAY, A COMMEMORATION OF THE LIVES LOST DUE TO ADDICTION. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS THAT DRUG OVERDOSE IS A ...

Euphoria shocked viewers by killing off Zendaya‘s beloved character Rue — but how did she die? On the Sunday, May 31, episode ...

A massive study of more than 600,000 U.S. veterans suggests that popular GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide may do far more than help with diabetes and weight loss—they could also fight addiction itself.