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Modified molecule shows diminished respiratory depression—the leading cause of opioid overdose deaths—while retaining full ...

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Urology departments in England and Wales have reported seeing an increase in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds being admitted for bladder inflammation associated with ketamine use. This appears to ...

Disgraced California doctor Mark Chavez was sentenced to eight months of home detention, three years of supervised release, and 300 hours of community service Tuesday for his role in the 2023 ketamine ...

For critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, observational studies suggest that the use of etomidate to induce anesthesia may increase the risk of death. Whether the use of ketamine ...

Since her first semester at Bowdoin, the neuroscience major has pursued a research agenda exploring how early-life adversity shapes later-life outcomes and behaviors. This profile is part of a series ...

A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the "Friends" star's overdose death was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday. Judge Sherilyn Peace ...

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Salvador Plasencia, a doctor who provided Matthew Perry with ketamine, was sentenced to 30 months in prison Plasencia previously pleaded ...

Salvador Plasencia, the doctor who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before his overdose death in 2023, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in federal prison. Plasencia apologized to ...