For the first time since 2014, Cook County recorded fewer than 600 homicides in a year. The medical examiner handled 541 ...

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

Medical cannabis could be a substitute for opioids in patients with chronic pain, but more data are needed, according to an ...

Researchers at USF Health are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to ...

Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children ...

Study finds widely prescribed opioid painkiller tramadol shows limited effectiveness for chronic pain while increasing risk ...

Published results showed partial meniscectomy performed with needle arthroscopy may reduce opioid use in the immediate ...

Tennessee will receive more than $1.2 billion in opioid settlement funds. Experts fear the money isn’t reaching people who ...

Nausea, sweating, and diarrhea are just some of the possible symptoms of opioid withdrawal. How soon those symptoms start and how long they last can vary by person, but the general opioid withdrawal ...

When Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services announced its plan to divvy up millions in opioid settlement money, ...