4 steps to reversing the epidemic of opioid use disorders Pain rarely kills, while pain pills are killing thousands of Americans. Identifying those at high risk of addiction and other steps can stop this epidemic.
6 signs you might have the summer blues Seasonal Affective Disorder isn't just something that happens in winter.
DEA proposes cutting production of some opioid painkillers The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Friday proposed a 20 percent reduction in the manufacture of certain commonly prescribed opioid painkillers next year.
Opioid epidemic: Prison officials struggle to stem flow of drugs and treat addicts behind bars While drug use behind bars is far from a new phenomenon – jailbirds trading everything from cigarettes to sexual favors for dope is part and parcel of prison lore. Now, the devastating opioid epidemic hitting the U.S. has flooded jails across the country with addicted inmates and created new addicts, who upon release are forced by their drug habit back into a life of more addicition.
Opioid crisis: Colorado hospitals join forces to stem drug abuse The first large-scale opioid research effort focused on emergency rooms has begun in Colorado.
Opioid addiction -- Prevention, treatment, recovery President Trump, in his briefing on the opioid crisis on Tuesday, pointed out that opioid overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., killing more than 33,000 people in 2015 alone. And he expressed his concern that no one in America is safe.
Loneliness could be more dangerous than obesity, study warns According to a new study, social isolation can increase risk of death by 50 percent
Instagram posts might reveal if someone's depressed, according to new research If your Instagram feed is loaded with darkly tinged Slumber, Lo-Fi and Inkwell photos, check in on your friends – a new study states this may indicate depression.
Mexican drug cartels taking over fentanyl market, fueling a rise in overdose deaths Mexican drug cartels, seeking to increase profit margins, have started to produce fentanyl – an extremely dangerous opioid that has been linked to a spike in overdose deaths across the country, Fox News has learned.
Opioid crisis: Trump's drug czar vows to take on doctors and dealers, help addicts The Trump administration is ready for war, and the president's top general in this particular fight says there is no more time to waste.
