Regimens: Whites More Often Given Opioid Drugs, Study Finds
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Opioid medications are increasingly being given in emergency rooms â but white patients are more likely to get them than minorities, a new study finds.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- Drug abuse among some anesthesiologists may be linked to exposure to low doses of powerful anesthetic drugs administered intravenously to surgery patients, according to a University of Florida study.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A pain management doctor charged with drug trafficking acknowledged Monday he prescribed unusually high doses of opiates for some patients, but maintained it was always for a medical reason.
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CHICAGO -- Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine...
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Youngsters are using fewer illegal  drugs but a spike in use has been seen among older adults,  perhaps because a few aging baby boomers have clung to their  rebellious ways, according a U.S. substance abuse report  published on Thursday.
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Black women with uterine cancer are  more likely to die than white women given similar treatment,  U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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In a recent trial, a pain medication wasn't as effective as had been hoped.
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Several pain medicines in the United States have been linked to an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Pfizer Drug Company says a new study shows that high levels of Celebrex increase the risk of heart attack.
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Black people in the United States are far more likely than whites to die from strokes, diabetes and other diseases, according to a federal study that shows wide racial disparities persist in health care.
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Insured and wealthy Americans were more likely than the poor to get billions of dollars in free drug samples distributed by pharmaceutical companies to win patient and doctor loyalty, a study released on Wednesday showed.
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Blacks were far less likely than whites to get specialized procedures after a heart attack and were more likely to die within a year, according to a study showing persistent racial disparities in U.S. medical care.
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NEW YORK  - White Americans have a two-fold higher incidence of bladder cancer than black Americans, but the risk of death among blacks is 35 percent higher than whites when patients with the same cancer stage and grade are compared.
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In 2002, three of the ten leading causes of death differed between blacks and whites in the US, reflecting disparities in health care, according researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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More young U.S. adults are abusing  prescription medications, particularly painkillers, according  to the government&#39;s annual report on substance abuse released  on Thursday.
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THURSDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- There's no 'grace period' when it comes to use of injection drugs like heroin or cocaine: A new study in Addiction finds teenage and young adult users triple their risk for death soon after taking up the habit.
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Merck &amp; Co. pulls the drug when a study finds it doubles the risk of heart attack and strokes. Tucsonan Carolyn White feels the pain of rheumatoid arthritis in just about every major joint in her body - shoulders
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NEW YORK  - When patients are treated for methamphetamine abuse and participate in a program that includes a "contingency management" strategy -- a system that rewards abstinence -- they are less likely to use illicit drugs compared with patients treated with usual care alone, investigators report.