Movie shows opioid epidemic from the perspective of those in the middle of it
A movie filed in Eastern Kentucky last summer is making the rounds in movie theatres all over the world. The movie is called ...
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Lawmakers want insurance companies to cover pain treatment alternatives to opioids
HB 241 would require health insurers to cover physical therapy, acupuncture, massage therapy, and chiropractic care as ...
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Englewood Health's Strategies to Combat Rising Opioid Use in Post-Pandemic America
Vinnidhy Dave, D.O., hospice specialist and director of palliative medicine at Englewood Health Physician Network, and Lauren Savage, director of population health at Englewood Hospital, discuss what ...
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The Opioid Epidemic and Hepatitis C Infections: What’s the Connection?
In connection with the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C rates have risen dramatically. People who share needles, especially opioids, are at risk of contracting hepatitis C. Getting screened and ...
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NY to receive up to $250M in landmark $7.4B opioid settlement
The agreement also ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue Pharma and prohibits them from selling opioids in the United States.
There’s a new opioid antidote. But Mass. health officials are hesitant to endorse it
A new "powerful tool" for combatting opioid deaths isn't settled science. For that reason, the state is taking a measured ...
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Arizona school-age kids are overdosing on opioids. New toolkit aims to help schools, parents
The Arizona Department of Education has rolled out a new school fentanyl and opioid response toolkit. It marks the ...
Opioid overdose deaths throughout Midwest most strongly linked to a lack of economic upward mobility, Boston College study finds
The unprecedented increase in drug overdose deaths in the U.S., long believed to be driven by access to legal and illegal opioids, is most closely tied to an equally dramatic decline in upward income ...