US Charges 412 People For Health Fraud, Opioid Scams
US authorities announced charges Thursday against more than 400 people, many of them doctors and nurses, over health care scams ...
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Opioid Maker Fined $35mn Over Shipments That Fed Addiction Crisis
Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals was fined $35 million Tuesday for supplying and not reporting suspicious massive orders of its highly ...
Overdoses Are Now the Leading Cause of Death Among Americans Under 50
Overdose deaths are now the leading cause of death among young Americans - killing more in a year than were ...
Ohio Sues Five Drugmakers Over Role In Opioid Crisis
The US state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major producers of prescription opioid medications, accusing them of lying about ...
Pain Management Barriers In Surgeries
There is obvious pain after every surgical operation regardless of the site that patient reports. Patients usually have poor understanding ...
US Opioid Crisis At Epidemic Proportions
Many US communities are facing an epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse that is straining resources from police, to jails, ...
US Praises China Over Fentanyl Fight
A senior US official praised China on Tuesday for its commitment to fighting the spread of synthetic drugs, particularly the ...
5 Common Meds That Could Be Killing Your Sex Drive
Contrary to popular belief, your sex drive doesn’t just go south once you hit the big 4-0. If you’re losing your libido ...
US Communities Crumbling Under An Evolving Addiction Crisis
Of the 2,900 babies born last year in Cabell County, West Virginia, 500 had to be weaned off of opioid ...
UN Drugs Body Takes Aim At Fentanyl
A UN drugs body moved Thursday to crack down on the production of chemicals made to use illicit fentanyl, a ...
Prince Death: Singer ‘Died of Accidental Opioid Overdose’
US singer Prince died of an opioid overdose, sources have told Associated Press and a Minnesota website. A law enforcement ...