"Don't give me narcotics." Emmalee Hortin, a doula, recalled one of her clients delivering that message to hospital staff. Doctors were operating on the woman to clear tissue after a miscarriage.
Feb 3, 2026
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U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades.
Jan 14, 2026
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Once considered a regional problem, methamphetamine-related overdose deaths have risen across every U.S. Census division, with particularly sharp spikes in the Southeast, including Mississippi, a new study reveals.
Jan 12, 2026
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Although most teens don't use drugs or alcohol, some do: Adolescence is a time of exploration and risk-taking, and today's substances—from high-potency cannabis to counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl—are far more dangerous ...
Jan 12, 2026
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Researchers at USF Health are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to provide pain relief, offering greater hope that new classes of these drugs may eventually be used to ...
Dec 18, 2025
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Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the most important drugs in the United States' fight against the opioid crisis. It reverses an opioid overdose nearly instantly, restarting breathing in a person who ...
Nov 26, 2025
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Dominic Cipriano couldn't stop shaking. A drug dealer on the streets of Kensington had sold him a bag of what he thought was fentanyl. And when he entered withdrawal, he started rocking from side to side, wracked by uncontrollable ...
Nov 10, 2025
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Illicit drug overdoses and the deaths they cause are trending down this year, despite spikes in a handful of states, according to a Stateline analysis of data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nov 6, 2025
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When fewer people belong to unions and unions have less power, the impact goes beyond wages and job security. Those changes can hurt public health and make people more unhappy.
Nov 4, 2025
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A study published in the journal Music and Medicine demonstrates that intraoperative music therapy significantly reduces the amount of propofol and fentanyl required during laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed under general ...
Oct 27, 2025
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