pharmacology

(TNS) — Wondering exactly what this “Gas Station Heroin” everyone has been talking about is? Well, as the nickname suggests, it is something you defin...

(TNS) — Just one semi-clear nostril would do. The bar is that low. After a day with not-so-terrible cold symptoms, it’s alarming, frustrating and conf...

Radiant. Resilient. Inked. That’s the tagline for the 2024 contest to find a tattooed cover model for Inked Magazine, and it’s an apt description of D...

(TNS) — The third state in line, nationwide, to legalize “magic mushrooms” could be New Jersey if some state lawmakers can clear the way for a bill to...

SMETHPORT — A Kane woman was sentenced last week in McKean County Court to serve 15 to 30 months in state prison for her baby suffering a near-fatal f...

DUBOIS — Your nerves are an amazing network within your body. Nerves deliver sensory information and movement instructions from your body to your brai...

Pennsylvania now faces a new No. 1 killer of those in the prime of their lives: accidental drug overdoses fueled by the prevalence of fentanyl. Accord...

Rural EMS agencies respond to, and train for, more drug-related calls. But they can’t always get people the help they need. In northwest Pennsylvania,...

(TNS) — The death of actor Matthew Perry in October from ketamine has prompted new concerns and scrutiny focused on unapproved uses of the drug. Ketam...

HARRISBURG — A deluge of work that packed dozens of bills in the Pennsylvania General Assembly into a few days meant that legislators voted based on l...

Pennsylvania’s share of settlements with opioid manufacturers and from retailers like CVS and Walgreens is huge. The state will receive more than $2 b...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the complex bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma, whose owners, the Sackler family, ha...

DUBOIS — Whether you are afraid while watching a tense scene in a scary movie or feeling nervous before a big job interview, the sounds that your hear...

A Buffalo, N.Y., man was arraigned Monday for allegedly selling methamphetamine in the City of Bradford. Clyde Hoskins, 31, of 392 Genesee St., is cha...

PITTSBURGH — A resident of Kersey has been sentenced in federal court to 28 months of imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release on his...

The medication drop boxes in McKean County yielded 134.8 pounds of unused or expired medication for the third quarter of the year. That’s an increase ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — With cold and flu season ramping up, you may soon be heading to the pharmacy in search of relief. When you do, you might remember tha...

The Department of Health and Human Services has sent over $800,000 to a group in Texas where they distribute crack pipes, according to the Dallas Expr...

Opioid addiction. At first glance, it might be viewed as an urban or suburban problem. It’s easy to imagine rural communities living a simpler life — ...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will host Dr. John Androsavich’s public lecture on the promise of biomedical research at 7 p.m. Thursday. The...