In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses are the No. 3 cause of death after heart disease and cancer. That's been the case each year since 2016, except in 2020 and 2021 when COVID-19 deaths outpaced overdose deaths. The vast majority ...
Mar 17, 2025
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New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch—Ōtakau Whakaihu Waka, Ōtautahi, has exposed the large number of health-related injuries suffered by people who inject drugs in Aotearoa New Zealand, exacerbated ...
Mar 14, 2025
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Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) have presented results from the HPTN 094 ("INTEGRA") study at the 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco.
Mar 12, 2025
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Decreases in exclusive cigarette smoking and increases in exclusive electronic cigarette use were seen among U.S. adults from 2017 to 2023, according to research published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Mar 12, 2025
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Research from the University of Bath, published on No Smoking Day 2025, shows that integrating smoking cessation support into NHS Talking Therapies for depression and anxiety increases quit rates. This is an important step ...
Mar 11, 2025
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A new study has found that extending state Medicaid coverage did not increase the likelihood of prescription opioid or benzodiazepine misuse among people who use drugs.
Mar 11, 2025
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The opioid epidemic has claimed more than half a million lives in the U.S. since 1999, about three-quarters of them men, according to the National Institutes of Health. Although men's disproportionate rates of opioid abuse ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Thousands of injured Victorian employees are receiving high-risk opioid prescriptions, Monash University-led research has found.
Mar 10, 2025
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Incidents of children in the US being poisoned by the synthetic opioid fentanyl "increased and became more severe," a new study reveals.
Mar 8, 2025
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Kingston Health Sciences Center and Queen's University researchers analyzed trends in alcohol-related organ damage among adolescents and young adults, identifying a significant rise in cases over the past two decades. Researchers ...
