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How Naloxone Saves Lives in Opioid Overdose

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New MedlinePlus video explores how to counter opioid overdose

More than 115 people in the U.S. die every day after overdosing on opioids. One important tool for helping opioid...
NIH Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is working across NIH to address the opioid crisis. Opioids

Fighting the opioid crisis: NIH HEAL initiative takes on addiction and pain management

More than 115 Americans die from opioid overdose every day. That's four times higher than the number of opioid overdose...
Diana Bianchi, M.D., is working with a team to address issues associated with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome Opioids

Acting now to help newborns with opioid withdrawal

At the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Director Diana Bianchi, M.D., is...