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Shedding Light on ‘Black Box’ of Inpatient Opioid Use

People who receive opioids for the first time while hospitalized have double the risk of continuing to receive opioids for

There’s an expectation of pain or discomfort following any surgery, but for some people, uncontrolled, post-operative pain can feel intolerable.

Nearly a third of birthing moms now deliver babies via cesarean section — and many of them go home with

Babies exposed to opioids while their mothers were pregnant with them may need special care even before they start to

Escaping the grip of opioid addiction doesn’t come easily for anyone. But a new study reveals sharp racial and financial

With 130 Americans dying every day from opioid overdoses, and 2 million suffering from disorders related to prescription and non-prescription

The U.S. opioid epidemic is being driven by an unprecedented surge in deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opiates. Fentanyl’s

Many surgery patients head home from the hospital with opioid pain medicine prescriptions, and most will have pills left over

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gives notice of the availability of the Department of Homeland Security’s “Opioid Detection Challenge”

As the opioid overdose epidemic continues to take its toll, causing 47,600 deaths in 2017, researchers continue to seek innovative