Compared to no legalization, medical marijuana legalization with state-run dispensaries appears to increase the risk of adverse hospital events among cancer patients receiving surgery.

It's nothing new for veterans to look at today's NBA and feel a twinge of envy. Grant Hill seems no different — especially when you read the remarks he gave in an October 2017 Q&A. Speaking to GQ at ...

Grant Hill was prescribed opioid early in his basketball career, but found another way to deal with pain after having ...

A New Medication Could Relieve Pain Without Addiction Risk. Red Tape is Getting in the Way There is a deep irony in the pain of losing someone you love to ...

Patients and prescribers hold conflicting expectations about post-surgery pain and opioid use after hip and knee replacements, highlighting the need for clearer communication and guidance.

“Most patients continued to receive opioids early in treatment, particularly if undergoing oncological surgery,” researchers wrote. More investigation is needed to make sure cancer patients are ...

How Cleveland-based startup Neuronoff is aiming to revolutionize chronic pain treatment without surgery or opioids.

Overdose deaths in adults age 65 and older from fentanyl mixed with stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamines, have surged 9,000% ...

New and additional prescribing of opioids has decreased among patients with newly diagnosed cancer, a study suggests.

A recent analysis published by Wiley online in CANCER reveals a modest decline from 2016 to 2020 in new and additional opioid prescriptions for patients with cancer. Among those patients with ...

There is a time for everything. Now is the time for the Department of Veterans Affairs to go opioid-free. When I first began practicing medicine at the VA, it was common to “prescribe” alcoholic ...