Pain, which lodges at the heart of the opioid crisis, is baffling. We struggle to describe, understand, and treat it. To endure it. Which is why FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb convened last week a ...

At six o’clock each morning, the alcoholics, addicts, and mentally ill residents of San Donato Val di Comino, Italy, emerge from their homes and congregate—sometimes together, but mostly alone—in the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified prescription drug abuse as an epidemic. In Lehigh County, drug and alcohol prevention experts say the prescription drug problem has been ...

They're giving a lesson in saving lives. A grassroots movement is underway to bring Narcan kits to local businesses and train the staff members in how to administer the overdose antidote. The group is ...