March 13, 2017 Few teens receive effective treatment for opioid addiction Just a small fraction of adolescents with opioid addiction will receive medications that can help them quit, new research shows.
March 9, 2017 Amid opioid epidemic, doctors expand care for addicted pregnant women Doctors in Pennsylvania are trying to help expectant moms addicted to opioids, and in turn help newborns that are born already exposed to the drugs.
March 9, 2017 New Hampshire women facing charges after one allegedly used dirty syringe to inject other with narcotics during childbirth Two New Hampshire women are facing reckless conduct charges after one allegedly used a dirty syringe to inject the other with narcotics, after she reportedly requested the drugs during childbirth.
March 8, 2017 Pot and booze tied to lower college grades College students who are struggling to keep up in class may want to lay off the alcohol and marijuana.
March 6, 2017 Work on brain's reward system wins scientists a million euro prize Three neuroscientists won the world's most valuable prize for brain research on Monday for pioneering work on the brain's reward pathways - a system that is central to human and animal survival as well as disorders such as addiction and obesity.
February 27, 2017 For men, heavy drinking may damage hearts over time Men with a history of heavy drinking are more likely to have stiff walls in the arteries that supply blood to the heart, an important measure of heart risk, according to a recent study.
February 24, 2017 San Diego doctors see uptick in opioid-addicted newborns As America's addiction to painkillers reaches epidemic levels, the drugs are starting to affect San Diego's smallest and most vulnerable residents -- newborns.
February 24, 2017 Pregnant opioid users need treatment, not jail, pediatricians say Every 25 minutes, a drug-addicted baby is born in the U.S. To try to protect the youngest victims of the nation's opioid epidemic, Tennessee enacted a law that sent new mothers to jail for substance abuse, while other states employ existing child-abuse laws to punish prenatal drug users and remove their children.
February 24, 2017 Deadly US heroin overdoses quadrupled in five years: study The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased.
February 22, 2017 Opioids unnecessary for dental work, doc says From 1999 to 2010, fatalities from opioid overdose have quadrupled with many of these cases involving teens, according to a JAMA study.