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Arthritis 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.

HEALTH 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.

MEDICAL RESEARCH 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.

Painkillers 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.

US 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.

US 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.

Drug and Substance Abuse 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.

Obesity 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.

Drug and Substance Abuse 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.

Alternative Medicine 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.

Drug and Substance Abuse March 20, 2017

Studies shed light on opioid exposures among US children and young adults

Between 2000 and 2015, poison control centers in the United States received 188,468 calls about prescription opioid exposures in children and teens, a new study finds.