Medicine

OxyContin maker announced that it's making a $3.4 million grant to help develop a low-cost naloxone nasal spray.

State governments are thinking about how to treat pain other than opioids.

Insulin is an unlikely symbol of America's problem with rising prescription costs.

Guest: Randi Hutter Epstein We blame a lot on our hormones – weight gain, sex drive, sleep loss, mood swings, i ...

Christiana Care has cut opioid prescribing by as much as half in some departments by adopting guidelines and best practices for post-surgical recovery.

Guests: Delane Casiano, Karriem Salaam, Howard Stevenson African Americans are more likely to report mental healt ...

The LGBTQ and #MeToo movements are shifting our cultural attitudes. Is what we teach in the classroom shifting, too?

Healthy women with normal pregnancies can opt to have labor induced without worrying that the decision will make a cesarean section more likely.

Taking a genetic test in your 20s or 30s could, indeed, affect your ability to get long-term-care insurance later.

The Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990, But culture change has been slow to take hold in the medical profession.

The dried, cured flower is now legal for sale at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania.

More than 100 scrubs-clad nurses filled the Capitol rotunda Tuesday in an effort to convince lawmakers they're overworked, and the state needs to do something about it.

Former heroin users who go on an opioid replacement drug and who also participate in the clinic's counseling sessions are less likely to relapse.

More than 2 million are hospitalized in the U.S. every year for traumatic brain injuries. Long-term effects can include epilepsy, depression, and impaired cognitive function.

Guests: Maria Oquendo, Matthew Nock Suicide rates have been rising for almost three decades across all age groups ...