May 22, 2017 Cracking, popping joints may foretell arthritis Grating, cracking or popping sounds around joints may predict future arthritis, especially in the knees, according to a recent U.S. study.
April 20, 2017 FDA further restricts pain medication use in kids U.S. regulators are strengthening warnings about the dangers of two types of powerful opioid painkillers, codeine and tramadol, due to risks of slowed breathing and death.
April 19, 2017 Opioid use common even after minor surgery The risk that surgery patients will become chronic opioid users may be similar after minor procedures or major operations, a U.S. study suggests.
April 12, 2017 Opioids after surgery: Which patients don't stop when they should The first time many patients in the United States take prescription opioid painkillers is following surgery.
April 7, 2017 Over-the-counter medicine emerges as an alternative for opioid addicts In a law of unintended consequences, an over-the-counter treatment for diarreah typically seen as commonplace and harmless, is accounting for a rising number of overdoses, reports The Atlantic magazine.
March 31, 2017 Trump's opioid addiction commission lauded by relatives of overdose victims Perhaps more than anyone, they felt hope and relief over the news this week that President Donald Trump had established an opioid addiction commission that is tasked with looking at ways to respond to an epidemic that claims some 90 deaths each day in the United States.
March 28, 2017 Would legalizing medical marijuana help curb the opioid epidemic? In states that legalized medical marijuana, U.S. hospitals failed to see a predicted influx of pot smokers, but in an unexpected twist, they treated far fewer opioid users, a new study shows.
March 24, 2017 'Healthy' obese still face higher heart disease risk Even without high blood pressure or other signs of illness, obese adults have a much higher risk of developing heart disease than normal-weight peers, according to a study from Denmark.
March 24, 2017 Some of the youngest opioid victims are curious toddlers Curious toddlers find the drugs in a mother's purse or accidentally dropped on the floor.
March 23, 2017 Can sugar injections help ease knee joint pain? An alternative medicine approach to joint pain that typically uses injections of sugar or sodium may be worth trying for knee osteoarthritis after traditional approaches fail, a recent review suggests.
