In addition to withdrawal and overdose symptoms, addiction to opiates and opioids can lead to other ... problems related to needle use: Pregnant women face increased odds for miscarriages, having ...

Accidental overdoses have surpassed all other causes of pregnancy-related deaths in Louisiana, but a new state initiative is ...

Opioid addiction is a chronic medical condition. It can create long-term changes to your brain. Luckily, early treatment intervention can help you avoid some of the long-term health conditions ...

Mallory Berry was ready to give up. It was 2019, and her addiction—prescription opioids had led her to heroin—had left her bedridden. An infection had eaten through parts of her pelvic bones ...

Little data is collected on pregnant women who are incarcerated. Even less is available for those with addiction ...

Morehouse School of Medicine has launched a new partnership to address the opioid crisis in rural South Carolina, with added ...

Republicans hope to save a lot of tax dollars by cutting Medicaid. Drug policy experts say as many as a million Americans in ...

By Jan Hoffman Jan Hoffman covers addiction. The opioid overdose reversal medication ... offering treatment for pregnant and postpartum women; peer support programs typically run by people who ...

To amputate or save a limb? Philly’s tranq crisis is forcing doctors to make difficult choices amid a slow public health ...

Melissa Thompson from Wingate was charged with felony Death by Distribution after a man, Cole Manus, died from fentanyl she ...

Last week, the Trump administration released a five-step plan to address the country’s opioid addiction crisis. The administration’s new drug czar’s plan focuses largely on attempts to ...