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  Top Anti-Opioid Meds Are Equally Safe, Effective

  The top two medications used to treat opioid addiction appear equally safe and effective,...

  • Posted November 15, 2017
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  U.S. Opioid Painkiller Abuse May Be Leveling Off

  Rate plateaus as doctors are urged to recommend nondrug pain treatments

  • Posted October 23, 2017
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  CDC Launches Opioid Campaign in Hard-Hit States

  'It only takes a little to lose a lot' is slogan for the multi-pronged...

  • Posted September 26, 2017
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  Meth Abuse Could Up Stroke Risk in Younger Users

  Most of these strokes involve bleeding into the brain: study

  • Posted August 24, 2017
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  Fatal Opioid ODs on the Rise Among U.S. Teens

  And heroin led to the most deaths among 15- to 19-year-olds, CDC says

  • Posted August 16, 2017
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  Opioid-Linked Hospitalizations Rising Fastest for Women: Study

  U.S. cases rose 75 percent for females vs. 55 percent for males over a...

  • Posted June 21, 2017
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  Opioids Over-Prescribed After C-Sections: Studies

  Pills women don't use may end up in the wrong hands, researchers suggest

  • Posted June 9, 2017
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  Heroin Vaccine Blocks Drug High in Tests on Monkeys

  Researchers hope it will prove as effective in human tests and become an aid...

  • Posted June 8, 2017
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  Meth Addicts’ Hearts May Improve If They Quit

  Only those who stopped using the drug reaped cardiac benefits, researchers say

  • Posted May 30, 2017
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  Opioid Abusers at Higher Death Risk When Addiction Specialists Not Part of Care

  As treatment shifts to primary care doctors and hospitals, new strategies may be needed,...

  • Posted April 21, 2017
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  When to Pick the Nose in a Medical Emergency

  Instead of shots, some ERs are giving patients medicine through the nostrils, researchers say

  • Posted April 21, 2017
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