Kratom comes from the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa, a tree found in Southeast Asia. For hundreds of years, people in Malaysia ...

Over 2 million Americans have opioid use disorder, according to some estimates. Illicit opioids such as heroin and fentanyl were responsible for over 80,000 U.S. overdose deaths in 2023. Despite the ...

Christopher Julian’s opioid journey is familiar to many Americans. He was prescribed painkillers as a teenager for a series ...

Patent Approval Reinforces Nexalin’s Leadership in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Addiction TreatmentHOUSTON, TX, April ...

The University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health, US, has developed an AI-driven screening tool that ...

The opioid crisis was largely confined to rural Whites at the beginning but now is crushing the Black community. Yet help has not followed for Black patients.

Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the ...

A different nurse — one who “never spoke with John Doe about any withdrawal symptoms, never made face-to-face contact ... s ...

Offering hospitalized patients who are struggling with opioid use disorder a medication to treat their addiction makes it more likely that they will continue with follow-up care after they are ...

Oklahoma Children’s Hospital has earned a spot in a national program to improve care for babies exposed to drugs before birth. Providers say the American Academy of Pediatrics selected OU Health as ...