New effort responds to concerns about opioid overdose, misuse and side effects in kids; Expert shares 8 things parents and pediatric surgeons should know

An expert cautions about becoming too enamored with pills.

More than half of adults surveyed reported that the use of cannabis led them to decrease their pain medications.

Legality and cultural shifts could be behind change, says expert

An atlas of neuronal circuits could help predict targets for medications to control appetite.

Complementary, alternative and integrative medicine options are used by many senior adults but most don’t share this with their traditional doctors and nurses.

Alert in doctors’ ordering system about scarce supplies leads to 29% drop in blood clotting tests; could provide model for other efforts to encourage wise use.

Serotonin’s precise role in depression is getting attention but SSRIs work for many, and basic neuroscience research goes far beyond ‘chemical imbalances.’

Most older adults take multiple drugs but 80% haven’t had a medication review to check safety and potential savings, and 83% them don’t realize it may be covered by insurance.

Getting to know a pain management clinical pharmacist-specialist.

Children and adults with high deductible health plans are paying significantly more for the life-saving medication even as competitors to EpiPen became available.

It's the largest study to examine opioid prescription patterns for adults living with cerebral palsy and spina bifida.

A third of patients who’d recently undergone bariatric surgery at University of Michigan Health were at high risk of opioid overdose.

Generic anti-seizure drugs’ costs went down during the same time, study shows

Opioids can help reduce the amount of medication needed to achieve anesthesia.