PVP Labs, a biotechnology company advancing next-generation peptide-based therapeutics, today announced its participation in the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference 2026, where the company will engage ...

Users swear by kratom for lifting mood and boosting energy, but there are many safety issues and questions about ...

Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high ...

Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tris Pharma, Inc. (Tris), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the acceptance of its peer-reviewed article "The ...

On June 19, Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office deputies found a 41-year-old man dead of an overdose in an Ashburn home with a ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...

For decades, opioids have been the blunt instrument of modern pain care, powerful enough to quiet severe suffering yet risky ...

New research reveals previously unknown ways opioid receptors can function, opening the door to safer pain treatments.

ABSTRACT: Pain is the body’s alarm system for potentially harmful stimuli in the environment. The nociceptive process allows us to detect these stimuli through specific neurons called nociceptors.

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding as members of The Conversation US. Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the most important drugs in the United States' fight against the opioid crisis. It reverses an opioid overdose nearly instantly, restarting ...