Tag: overdose
How Colorado hospitals are caring for pregnant patients with substance use...
Karli Swenson, University of Colorado Anschutz
The obstetrics staff was surprised the first time it happened in June 2025....
Speedballing – the deadly mix of stimulants and opioids – requires...
Andrew Yockey, University of Mississippi
Speedballing – the practice of combining a stimulant like cocaine or methamphetamine with an...
Philly hospitals test new strategy for ‘tranq dope’ withdrawal – and...
Kory London, Thomas Jefferson University
Unimaginable pain and restlessness. Vomiting so frequent and forceful that it can perforate the...
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...
What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about...
Poisons are a potent tool for murder in fiction – a...
Brad Reisfeld, Colorado State University
People have used poisons throughout history for a variety of purposes: to hunt animals...
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...
EXPLORING NATURE
Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how...
Dmitri Kalashnikov, University of California, Merced; Cong Yin, University of California, Merced; Madhulika Gurazada, University of California, Merced, and Mukesh Kumar, University...
