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Opioid abuse in the United States has been called an epidemic. A crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Opioid-related deaths surpassed cocaine in the early 2000s, and it’s been rising...

If you’re an American, there’s about a one-in-six chance that you smoke cigarettes. And if you are a smoker, there’s a big chance you smoke a lot. Every day, or every other day. You’ve seen...

Opioid addiction has become a national problem, but government officials in Massachusetts are being more specific in their observations. They’re using words like “crisis” and “epidemic” when describing the prevalence of opioid abuse in...

A vaccine to treat drug addiction is being tested, and it could hold the key to combatting the increase in overdose deaths. The vaccine works by inducing an immune response that blocks the target drug...

Motor vehicle crashes, firearm-related injuries and drug poisonings are three reasons why Americans have shorter life expectancies than people in 12 comparable countries. That’s according to a February 2016 study published in the Journal of...

The medical industry has undergone major overhauls throughout the course of history. Medicines have been discovered as cures for diseases once thought incurable. People are staying healthier and living longer and medical advancements are...

Things have really changed in medicine since the early 20th century and you should be thankful for that. Some of the remedies doctors prescribed typically did more harm than good (a lot more harm...