By Crystal Lindell Just as federal, state and local governments look to ban various forms of kratom, researchers at ...

By Crystal Lindell Bowen Wan was a 31-year-old immigrant from China who had made a new life for herself in the United States.

By Pat Anson Just days before the midterm elections, the Trump Administration is taking full credit for a recent decline in ...

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News Bill McAdams, a 45-year-old travel nurse from Holiday, Florida, was ...

By Dr. Ilene Ruhoy  Twelve years ago, I got sick — and no one believed me. Doctor after doctor dismissed my symptoms, writing them off as everything from chronic sinus infections to perimenopause. ...

By Crystal Lindell The University of Oklahoma has received a $3.4 million dollar federal grant to help Native Americans with ...

By Crystal Lindell Actress Christina Applegate told the world this week that her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis was actually a misdiagnosis. It was an incredible act of bravery -- especially since ...

The National Institutes of Health approved a clear plan for how to help these patients in 2024: The ME/CFS Research Roadmap. After the November midterm elections, Congress will finish writing the ...

By Pat Anson Results from two new studies suggest that opioid pain medication is useful for treating short-term acute pain, but the benefits decline when opioids are taken long term. In the first ...

There’s a lot of advice out there on how to get a doctor to take you seriously. Most of it is wrong. Lucky for you, I’ve been in pain for a decade! Through trial and lots of errors, I’ve learned a few ...

There is no end in sight to shortages of opioid pain medication in the US, with the federal government taking no apparent action to increase opioid production and several drug makers unable to ...

With opioid pain medication increasingly harder to obtain in the United States, a growing number of Americans are heading south of the border to get painkillers and other prescription drugs in Mexico.