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In one of the most high-profile attempts to change Britain's law on the right to die, two paralyzed men seek to protect from prosecution those who would help them end their lives.

STERLING – A local doctor accused of illegally dispensing drugs that led to the deaths of at least 3 people hired a physician to issue prescriptions when he was absent, federal prosecutors say.

Patent-pending technology developed by Rutgers University Chemistry Professor Kathryn Uhrich, pictured here in this 2012 photo, and her colleagues has the potential to greatly diminish morphine abuse NEW BRUNSWICK - A Rutgers chemistry professor, who founded her own drug company more than a decade ago, believes she is on the verge of a breakthrough ... (more)

The primary efficacy endpoint has been achieved in a placebo-controlled phase III trial of sublingual sufentanil .

Samaritan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the commercialization of therapeutic products indicated for treatment in theraupeutic areas such as central nervous system diseases, cancer; cardiovascular disease and infectious diseases.

The search is on for a hit-and-run driver who struck a 7-year-old girl and Action News spoke with the young victim's mother.

With the prevalence of chronic diseases rapidly increasing in Africa, expanding palliative care will be essential to help patients live with dignity.

They're there, I can see them on the paintwork. Greasy fingerprints; four distinct black smudges on the wall left carelessly by my 14-year-old son, no doubt on his return to his bedroom after oiling his bicycle and typically bypassing the bathroom sink and any attempt to clean up.

On a typical June day last year, 3-year-old Jolan Jackson was sitting at the dining room table in his booster chair waiting for his meal.

Drug-overdose deaths were up in Kent County last year and narcotic analgesics such as morphine and fentanyl were the primary choice of users, according to the county medical examiner.

Family's heartbreak as 'happy and bubbly' girl, 12, dies from 'overdose' after she put grandma's used painkiller patch on her leg Destiny Spitler, 12, was found lifeless in her bed in Clinton on Saturday morning and investigators called to the scene discovered a Fentanyl patch on her thigh The girl's grandmother, Diane Spitler, uses the medication, ... (more)

From time to time, pain grips Anna's belly so severely that she has to excuse herself, hide in the bathroom, double over on the toilet, and dab herself with lavender oil to try to keep from puking.

Terminal illnesses - The common scenario in the Ugandan setting is that terminally-ill patients are taken to the countryside/village to await their death, or simply left in secluded rooms within the family house.

To cover up his crime and addiction, a Valley paramedic broke into numerous fire stations to steal a pain killer and replace it with another drug.

Heroin is a life-altering low point in an old line of damaging recreational drugs and usually beneficial medicines, essentially the same substances, born from the opium poppy.

He's less than 20 weeks old, but he shows the telltale signs of a baby agitated and in pain: an open sore on his chin whe ... Wade Payne/Associated Press Baby Liam receives a dose of morphine at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn.

Two Paralyzed British men who want to die but cannot kill themselves went to court on Monday seeking protection from prosecution for those who could help them end their lives.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of P.E.I. is sending notices to Island doctors, advising them to review how they prescribe narcotic painkillers now that the provincial government has passed a law to monitor opiate prescriptions.

In this March 29, 2013 photo, Baby Liam receives a dose of morphine at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn.

It comes as no surprise to residents of Scioto County - ground zero for the war on prescription drug abuse - that prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Ohio.