A feasibility study shows many providers intended to continue using the tool, although some said they did not have sufficient time or did not need the tool. A new report shows that an app designed to ...

An analysis of medical literature showed a lack of screening tools in the management of opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain, according to research published in the journal Pain Physician. The ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs launched a new computer tool to reduce opiate overprescribing ahead of the completion of a probe into its hospital in Tomah. Dr. Carolyn Clancy, interim secretary ...

A controversial tool has emerged in the fight against opioid overdose deaths. It's a strip that allows people who use street drugs such as cocaine and heroin to test whether their drugs are laced with ...

Minnesota has a new online mapping tool to help residents struggling with chronic pain find opioid-free treatments. About 20 percent of U.S. residents suffer from chronic pain, according to the ...

A study published in the journal Decision Analysis unveils a powerful new tool to tackle the opioid crisis, offering a ...

A newly updated data dashboard from the Virginia Commonwealth University is shining a light on the state's opioid epidemic in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Ohio continues to battle an opioid epidemic, Ohio lawmakers are working to give people battling an addiction a new tool to break the cycle. House Bill 300 would set up a pilot ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Inside emergency rooms, physicians are faced with patients around the clock, many of them facing life-or-death situations. Now, a life-saving service is expanding to three ...

Until recently, providers were prohibited from electronically prescribing controlled substances, but requiring electronic prescriptions for these drugs could be the key to fight opioid abuse. In a ...

The opioid epidemic continues to rage across the country – and Pennsylvania is not immune from it. It’s been seven years since it was first designated a public health emergency, and it has continued ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- On Feb. 17, Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar wrote a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul asking her to add another nasal spray for overdoses to the police arsenal. Naloxone, also ...