Growing numbers of people are injecting unregulated peptides for health reasons - but one expert says they are "lab rats".

People who inject drugs are dying at an alarming rate from endocarditis, a serious but treatable heart-valve infection. But their odds of survival improve dramatically, even five years after their ...

LONDON, Ont. and REGINA, Sask. – People who inject drugs are dying at an alarming rate from endocarditis, a serious but treatable heart-valve infection. But their odds of survival improve dramatically ...

A new weekly injection may soon transform how millions manage Parkinson’s disease. For over 8.5 million people living with this condition worldwide, daily treatment has meant taking levodopa and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More frequent HCV testing was cost-effective among people who inject drugs in both high- and low-transmission ...

An international team of researchers from University of California San Diego and el Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Mexico have revealed a significant association between the use of illicit fentanyl ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A mobile health care unit delivering ART and PrEP reduced the risk for death by roughly 70% among people who ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. ROCHESTER, N.H. — Megan Merrill paused, mid-hike, as she surveyed the steep drop before her. She was standing on a five-foot snow drift, icy ...

Harm reduction initiatives, like syringe services programs, can reduce HIV transmission among people who inject drugs. A recent executive order threatens such programs. (Photo by Robert ...

WASHINGTON — As the opioid crisis worsens throughout the District, Maryland and Virginia, one local lawmaker is considering an extremely controversial approach that would allow users to inject drugs ...