FDA launches mobile app competition to aid opioid abuse epidemic Federal health officials are asking the public for mobile app designs that would help connect opioid abusers to carriers of the prescription drug naloxone, which can help reverse overdose.
New ‘zombie’ drug may be emerging in Florida as flakka use declines When details of an attack allegedly involving a Florida State University student who police say stabbed an innocent couple to death and then tried to eat the face of one of the victims were released earlier this month, many media outlets quickly pointed to flakka, a synthetic cathinone similar to bath salts that can cause violent, aggressive behavior.
Do sports protect teens from abusing painkillers or enable it? As communities nationwide battle a growing opioid and heroin use epidemic, researchers and public health officials are scrambling to identify how abuse may begin.
Prince died of opioid overdose, Medical Examiner's Office reveals Prince died of an accidental opioid overdose after he self-administered fentanyl, the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office reported on Thursday.
'Self-rescue' swimming classes for toddlers condemned as traumatic Teaching small children how to swim is a rite of summer.
Pennsylvania baby rolls on hypodermic needle, gets OD reversal drug, cops say The father of the 9-month-old baby girl discovered with a hypodermic needle sticking out of her leg now faces several charges.
Drug dealers would face manslaughter charges for opioid overdoses under proposed Florida law Florida politicians hope that the matching pieces of legislation – House Bill 477 and Senate Bill 150 – will combat the ubiquitous use of synthetic drugs like fentanyl throughout the Sunshine state following a crackdown on prescription painkillers that have led to a spike nationwide in heroin and opioid abuse.
Virginia law will give drug addicts clean needles A new law in Virginia will permit health departments to provide clean needles to drug addicts in order to help decrease the spread of disease.
Is being a perfectionist harmful or helpful? In a job interview, the classic answer to "What's your biggest weakness?" is "I'm a perfectionist"—a total cop-out that allows you to wear your "weakness" as a badge of pride.
How to recognize heroin addiction and help with recovery When laying out life plans and dreaming about the future, people don’t usually include drug addiction in their vision.
