LOS ANGELES — Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Los Angeles Times analysis of government data has found.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some boomers are on multiple medications. Combinations of those drugs could have serious side effects. Getty Images / Sporrer/Rupp ...

We hear so much these days about how psychotherapy can help people with mental health problems. Yet, the most recent figures suggest that as many as 57 percent of people with mental health problems ...

Right now, IV fluids are in short supply after Hurricane Helene hit a key factory, but drug shortages have been a problem for years. Hurricane or no hurricane, common cheap drugs that hospitals rely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Gallup poll on crime perceptions showed a significant positive shift in Americans’ mood on the progress being made to ...

A resident of Eighth and Fulton Streets reported to city council during Monday’s voting session that while the condemned houses are beginning to come down, issues with drugs and drug addicts are ...

Popular drugs for diabetes and weight loss could have an unexpected side effect. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, which are used to treat type 2 diabetes and/or obesity, were linked ...

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Think your prescription drugs cost too much? A bill recently introduced in Congress by Augusta's congressman seeks to keep profit-minded middlemen in check. The PBM Kickback Prohibition Act aims at ...

Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – are 20% of the population, more than 70 million Americans. Decades ago, many in that generation experimented with drugs that were ...