Less than 3% of all prescriptions involved opioids, the study found, and more than 90% of players never received an opioid ...

The NBA showcases incredible talent and athleticism.  But it also reveals the destructive power of substance dependence. ...

As an orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon and chairman at Inova Sports Medicine, Dr. Robin West is no stranger to sports-related injuries. She understands that developing an effective game plan to ...

The unprecedented increase in drug overdose deaths in the United States, long believed to be driven by access to legal and illegal opioids, is most closely tied to an equally dramatic decline in ...

For the first time in two decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new class of medication that provides an alternative to addictive opioids for patients looking to manage ...

"Moreover, only 10 percent of NFL athletes received even a single prescription for an opioid during a one-year period," noted study co-author Dr. Kurt Kroenke, a researcher-clinician at the ...