Young, urban and poor women in Puerto Rico are highly vulnerable to substance dependency and suffer most in the opioid crisis ...

Researchers present the most comprehensive study on U.S. health care spending and variations across 3,110 counties by four payers, 148 health conditions, 38 age/sex groups, and seven types of care.

Upcoming events in Lake County include the annual Georgefest 2025 Feb. 15-22 in downtown Eustis and the Mount Dora Scottish ...

USF “recently” added Narcan, an emergency medication that reverses an opioid overdose, to its residence halls, complying with a year-old regulation. Narcan is formally known as Naloxone. The nasal ...

A Family Overdose Support Fund, potentially the first of its kind nationwide, will offer families impacted by the overdose crisis financial aid to pay for things like funerals and mental health ...

People prescribed both opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines have a 71 percent increased chance of dying from any cause, a ...

The suzetrigine, which only acts on pain neurons, is the first innovation in analgesia in the last 20 years. "It stands out ...

The percentage of patients receiving medication for opioid use disorder in federally qualified health centers increased from 2017 to 2023.

Opioid overdoses kill each day. But it's easier to access fentanyl in Arizona than the medications that can help keep people ...

For the first time in decades, a new class of painkiller has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Greater pain intensity in cancer survivors correlates with increased cigarette, e-cigarette, and cannabis use, but decreased alcohol consumption. Greater pain intensity in cancer survivors has been ...