Listening to favorite music activates the brain’s opioid system, which is involved in feelings of pleasure and pain relief, according to a new PET imaging study.

A new imaging study showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain's opioid system.

Music can evoke intense pleasure, sometimes experienced physically as pleasant "chills." While the effect of music on ...

Naldemedine was safe and effective and reduced health care resource utilization among adults with opioid-induced constipation and chronic noncancer pain.

As Africa battles an opioid abuse surge, experts warn it could escalate into a full-blown addiction and mental health crisis if proper interventions are not implemented. Accessing opioid drugs in ...

That jump reflected the fact that the nation is mired in both a mental health crisis and an opioid overdose epidemic. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows ...

And, they say, it may be a solution to the opioid crisis. The need has never been greater. Health Canada estimates more than 50,000 Canadians have died of opioid toxicity since 2016 — more than ...

Constipation is a common complication in people living with diabetes. This is due to how diabetes can impact the nerves that control the digestive tract. Learn what you can do to relieve it ...

David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe via Getty Images Treatment for those struggling with opioid addiction in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is about to get a lot worse, warn a former BOP case ...

Department of Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101, United States ...