From weight-loss drugs to nonopioid pain killers to AI, here are some important -- and positive -- trends in health care.

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Ohio and Maryland are tied for having the sixth highest rate of pain reliever misuse in the nation, with 3.57% of the population reporting abusing pain medication. “Pain killer addiction is a severe ...

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Fatal overdoses have gone through the roof in South Texas, a San Antonio Express-News investigation found. Yet treatment ...

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Mary Shojai was brutally murdered in her San Diego home in 2012. Her killer was released last year. Her daughter wants to ...

Treatment with the drug was associated with a statistically significant improvement on the primary endpoint of the time-weighted sum of the pain intensity difference in the first 48 hours after a ...

The doctor returned and said, "I see you have a family history of heart disease." Lehtonen hadn't even thought of that. Now ...

Although the drug has hit endpoints in pain relief, there are lingering doubts over its long-term safety. Results from an osteoarthritis study announced in late January showed that in a small ...