Model Iqra Saeed died from drug overdose: police
- 10-Apr-2019
Case has been registered against three men'
Drug-overdose suicides may be going undetected: study
- 15-Jan-2018
VIRGINIA: Deaths by drug overdose are more likely to be classified as accidental or of undetermined cause, compared to deaths by gunshot or hanging, say U.S. researchers who conclude that drug suicides may be underestimated. With drug overdoses, there are often few clues to suggest suicide, such as a suicide note, according to the first […]
A morphine alternative with less overdose risk?
- 18-Aug-2016
Scientists are testing an experimental medicine that’s designed to have the painkilling power of morphine without some of the dangerous side effects that can lead to overdose deaths.
Indian doctor arrested for killing six, burying bodies
- 16-Aug-2016
MUMBAI: Police have arrested a doctor in western India for allegedly injecting six people with a lethal overdose and burying most of the bodies at his farmhouse, an officer said Tuesday.
Deaths from heroin, opioid drugs in US rise sharply
- 29-Jun-2016
CHICAGO: The Obama administration on Tuesday emphasized the need for funding to treat opioid and heroin addiction, releasing new statistics showing explosive growth in overdose deaths.
Singer Prince died of accidental painkiller overdose
- 03-Jun-2016
CHICAGO: Music superstar Prince, who was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb in late April, died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of an opioid painkiller, the county medical examiner said in a death report on Thursday.