"Many doctors overprescribe painkillers because they have relationships with pharmaceutical companies and they get pay offs," said James Petras, a professor emeritus of sociology atBinghamton University in Binghamton,…

Drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels in the United States where they are the leading cause of injury deaths, surpassing car accidents and gunshots, the…

Faced with a growing nationwide opioid addiction, health and consumer advocates say it's time to identify and sever ties with the culprits behind the scourge—pain…

Recently I worked in another Maine city and was astonished at the number of patients I encountered who were using heroin.  I had never seen anything…

All across the country, Americans are finding that the prices of the prescription drugs they need are soaring. Tragically, doctors tell us that many of…

Conflicts of interest have become more the rule than the occasional exception. Even the trusted US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) receives heavy…

Hundreds of millions of people indulge in one of the most dangerous drugs which is sold right over the counter. When it comes to harm…

A recently released Drug Enforcement Administration reportreveals not only that heroin use has exploded, but that 4 out of 5 new users have previously abused prescription…

Nearly 600,000 Americans have annual medication costs above $50,000- The number of U.S. patients taking at least $100,000 worth of prescription drugs tripled in 2014-…

The oral version of the polio vaccine gives better intestinal immunity than the injected vaccine, a boon in areas where people are often exposed to sewage. But…