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US drug overdose deaths decreased in 2023 for the first time in five years
CNN.com· 6 days agoAfter a steep rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary data shows that drug overdose deaths in...
Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications – but few people have heard of them
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAlcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances...
Imagine the possibilities
The Martinsburg Journal· 3 days agoNow, the not so great news: That’s still 107,500 people who died at the hands of a decades-long substance abuse epidemic; and those same CDC researchers say the last time ...
Newswise Expert | Stephen Crystal, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at...
Newswise· 5 days agoStephen Crystal (Ph. D., Harvard, 1981) is a Research Professor and Chair of the AIDS Policy Research Group at the Institute. Dr. Crystal’s research group conducts a variety ...
Health Care Week in Review: House Held a Markup of 23 Bills; Senators Announced a Proposal on...
JD Supra· 1 day agoBelow is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance;...
Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 18 hours agoThe Biden administration’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug is going forward without the support of the nation’s premier narcotics agency. Newly released ...
Fewer US overdose deaths were reported last year
WKYT Lexington· 6 days agoThe number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. It would be only the...
Newswise Expert | Dushyantha T Jayaweera, University of Miami Health System, Miller School of...
Newswise· 17 hours agoProf. Dushyantha Jayaweera MD, FACP, MRCOG (UK), CIP is a Professor in Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Jayaweera has led and continues to lead numerous ...
‘The biggest barrier is us’: Existence of overdose prevention centers in Mass. slowed by stigma
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 18 hours agoJuaire, founder and president of the nonprofit Team Sharing Inc., now advocates for overdose...
Virtual medicine: How telehealth has improved the lives of people with substance disorders
Medical Xpress· 23 hours agoFrom the driver's seat of his parked truck, Lewis recalled what it felt like to take opioids....