The rules limit prescriptions and doses of the highly addictive painkillers and call for alternative therapies for many patients.

And payments statewide totaled $300 million that year, according to data made public for the first time – but much of it goes to costs, not profits.

Officials say homeless patients will be able to get care at a nonprofit health center as a city clinic scales back services starting next week.

Hundreds attend the 17th annual gathering where women can find reliable medical information.