Health

Smoking cessation may reduce opioid prescriptions: Study

Smoking is recognized as a leading cause of preventable disability and death. New research shows that as smokers increase their daily number of cigarettes, they report higher rates of chronic pain, more prescription opioid ...

Addiction

Drones could transform emergency response to opioid overdoses

The opioid epidemic has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States over the past two decades, devastating families and communities around the country. As this epidemic remains one of the nation's most severe ...

Addiction

Life expectancy study shows it's never too late to stop smoking

Quitting smoking even as late as at 75 years of age can meaningfully increase a person's life expectancy, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The research measures the impact of smoking ...

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