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Painkillers Linked to Hearing Loss in Women

At the first sign of pain, some people reach for a pain-relieving medicine.

But these popular pills may do some damage to your ears, a research study has found.

Drug Deaths Overtake Car Fatalities

By Jonathan Galland

What is in your medicine cabinet could be more dangerous than what is in your driveway.

That’s the takeaway from a new report on the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse from the Los Angeles Times. Drug deaths have doubled within a decade, while traffic fatalities have declined.

Antidepressants Not Helping with Depression?

Antidepressants often don’t work effectively against depression and other symptoms.

Aspirin, ibuprofen and other pain medications could be one reason.

Meditation Better Than Morphine?

New research illustrates how meditation reduces pain.

Meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, according to new research published in the April 6 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience.

Prescription Painkiller Use Doubles in NYC

New Yorkers are filling more prescriptions for the opiate-based painkiller oxycodone (brand name OxyContin) than ever before—way more. The number of prescriptions doubled in three years to reach one million in 2010.

That turns out to be around one prescription for every eight people in the city population. Continue reading »

Football and Painkillers

Collisions and bone-jarring injuries caused by football lead to chronic pain and use of painkilling drugs.

Retired NFL players use painkillers at a much higher rate than the rest of us, according to new research conducted by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.