Prescription Drug Misuse & Disposal

Wearable Sensor May Help Curb Opioid Relapses, Overdoses  

January 3, 2022 - Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University have collaborated to create a wireless sensor designed to prevent opioid relapses and overdoses. The opioid epidemic has steadily worsened across the country since the late 1990s. In 2019, nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. died from...


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75% of Doctors Worry Telehealth Blocks Visibility Into Addiction Issues

by Anuja Vaidya

Though telehealth has increased access to care in a myriad of ways, a majority of physicians are worried that it does not give them the full picture of patient health ­— especially with...

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