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

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday.

MORE and more we see elderlies among us, more reverently called senior citizens, thanks for the increasing control of infectious diseases which used to be the number one cause of death in developing so-called Third World countries, which include our dearly beloved Philippines.

Minnesota doctors say prescription drug abuse is a severe problem in the state and they often feel caught between patients who need pain medication and those who say they should do more to curb abuse.

I am 89 and had chest pains in the night, so called my primary physician in the morning expecting to go in for a check-up. He immediately said, "Get to the ER and have an EKG," so my daughter took me in about 10:30 on Friday morning.

When Pulaski officials learned of plans for a "methadone clinic" in town, there was nothing they could do to stop it since there were no zoning provisions to address such facilities.

I presume few of us take what the Americans call "Hillbilly Heroin", officially known as Oxycodone, the pain reliever that has become alarmingly addictive to tens of thousands of people.

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.

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Editor's note: The following story appeared in the Dec. 24, 2012, Hastings Tribune.

Eighty percent, if not more, of the public has experienced back pain. Despite the best technology, the latest in surgical practices and the most advanced rehabilitative techniques, pain may persist, compromising sleep and in some cases, helping bring on depression .

A sign on the door to the New England Compounding Center requests no soliciting at the Framingham, Mass.

Dr. Gavin Muir examines Sophy Santiago, 2, while her mother, Yaritza Monis Vega, watches at the Manchester Community Health Center last week.

Like the Hollywood star, Aneece Bear chose to undergo a double mastectomy after she found she'd inherited her mother's cancer gene On the face of it, Aneece Bear doesn't look like she would have much in common with actress Angelina Jolie , but the two women share many similarities.

A 12-year-old girl in Missouri died of a Fentanyl overdose after she unknowingly put a used painkiller patch on her leg.

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.

IF you take ibuprofen, it will appear in your breast milk in very small amounts and is unlikely to cause any harm to your baby.

Regularly taking prescription painkillers, also known as opioids, is associated with a higher risk of erectile dysfunction in men, according to a study published online today in the journal Spine .

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.

Doctors advise patients who take statin drugs and some other medication to refrain from drinking grapefruit juice or eating the fruit.