The multidisciplinary UND team will work to enhance perinatal substance use prevention education for WIC staff across the US.

Fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid, has emerged as a primary driver of the ongoing overdose epidemic, and it is ...

Encompass Community Supports Executive Director Jim LaGraffe resigning, effective Dec. 13, from nonprofit chief's post ...

ReVIDA’s “Treatment for All” program provides comprehensive treatment services to eligible Tennesseans, without cost to them. This initiative is critical in removing barriers to care and creating ...

FRIDAY, Oct. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Receipt of methadone for opioid use disorder is associated with a lower risk for treatment discontinuation compared with buprenorphine/naloxone, according to ...

A new study reveals that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1), which include weight loss and diabetes meds ...

But even in the face of too many deaths and distressing statistics, newer information from the Centers for Disease Control ...

Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) had a lower risk of discontinuing methadone compared with buprenorphine/naloxone, and ...

New research shows that Ozempic and similar drugs reduce opioid overdoses by 40% and alcohol intoxication by 50% in people ...

Gov. Andy Beshear announced that Kentucky has received a $37.2 million, three-year federal grant from Substance Abuse and ...

Naltrexone (referred to as the "Ozempic of alcohol") is a drug that can help reduce alcohol and opioid cravings for people ...

Although most research and attention focus on adults, children and adolescents suffer from chronic pain and mental health disorders in numbers as high as adults.