Opioids haunt users’ recovery: “It never really leaves you”
It's hard to say whether businessman Kyle Graves hit rock bottom when he shot himself in the ankle so emergency room doctors would feed his opioid habit or when he...
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Rise in teen suicide, social media coincide; is there link?
An increase in suicide rates among U.S. teens occurred at the same time social media use surged and a new analysis suggests there may be a link.
Study: Over-the-counter pain pills as effective as opioids in treating ER patients
Emergency rooms are where many patients are first introduced to powerful opioid painkillers, but what if doctors offered over-the-counter pills instead? A new study tested that approach on patients with...
Tylenol, Motrin just as effective in treating pain in ER patients as opioids
A new study tested that approach on patients with broken bones and sprains and found pain relievers sold as Tylenol and Motrin worked as well as opioids at reducing severe...
Leftover opioids are a common dilemma for surgery patients
Surgery patients often end up with leftover opioid painkillers and store the remaining pills improperly at home, a study suggests.
No dye: Cancer patients’ gray hair darkened on immune drugs
Cancer patients' gray hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has doctors scratching their heads.
Drones carrying defibrillators could aid heart emergencies
It sounds futuristic: drones carrying heart defibrillators swooping in to help bystanders revive people stricken by cardiac arrest.