Posts Tagged ‘disease control and prevention’
ASSIGNMENT 13: The 'pain' of Feeling Caught in the Middle
ASSIGNMENT 13: The 'pain' of feeling caught in the middle
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's why doctors say they have to be careful when prescribing pain killers for chronic pain patients. It leaves some physicians feeling trapped in the middle, between drug seekers and patients who truly need medicine to manage their pain. That's also why chronic pain patients say they feel … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
A Common Sense Approach to Appropriate Drug Use
SAN DIEGO, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — We at Zogenix have reviewed the letter to Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed by the Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence ( CLAAD ), The American … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The Statistics of Opiate Addiction – Fall River Herald News
Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News
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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction
Fall River Herald News This week, at the National RX Drug Abuse Summit, a slew of statistics have been put forth in several PowerPoint presentations, lectures and discussions of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described as a national "epidemic … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drug–abuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems. |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The Statistics of Opiate Addiction – Fall River Herald News
Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News
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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction
Fall River Herald News This week, at the National RX Drug Abuse Summit, a slew of statistics have been put forth in several PowerPoint presentations, lectures and discussions of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described as a national "epidemic … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post Comparatively speaking, there is a much smaller percentage of individuals whom abuse drugs, legal or otherwise. So how could this be? How can unintentional poisoning from drug overdose kill more people than car accidents in at least 29 states? And how … 8th National Drug Take-Back Day to be celebrated in Logan Co. Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse … |
Are You Likely to Suffer From Kidney Disease? Here Are 11 Common Risk Factors
Are you likely to suffer from kidney disease? Here are 11 common risk factors
Drug abuse/drug overdose: Inappropriate use of drugs or prescription and over-the-counter medicines can lead to neprotoxicity. All medicines you take have to go through the filtration process of the kidneys. Overdose of drugs can cause may result in …
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STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse
In 2010, drug overdoses overtook motor vehicle fatalities as the leading cause of injury death in the United States. In a 2013 report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said of the 38,000 people who died that year from overdoses, 78 per …
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Miscarriage: Signs, Symptoms & Causes
The only behavioral risks that can increase miscarriage are smoking, heavy alcohol use, illicit drug abuse and heavy caffeine use. … Severe chronic illnesses, like uncontrolled diabetes, immunologic diseases, or thyroid disease, can also increase the …
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Commentary: Painkillers: A Prescription for Disaster
Commentary: Painkillers: A Prescription for Disaster
That same year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named painkiller abuse a national epidemic, and the White House launched a campaign to reverse a trend that saw prescription abuse become America's fastest-growing drug problem. Meanwhile …
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EMILY BAZELON: He wouldn't 'fare well' in prison? So what?
It's the first two of those goals that should be front and center when the crime is the sexual abuse of a child, with the welfare of the rapist coming in a distant third. Probation for raping a child is … Sentencing reform for truly nonviolent crimes …
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Childhood eczema may last into adulthood: study
The study is funded by a grant from Valeant Pharmaceuticals, a company that makes a drug used to treat eczema. … "We're just saying it's going to be a persistent problem that's probably not going to go away when they turn 10 or 12." The results jibe …
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Campaign to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – KKTV 11 News
Campaign To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – KKTV 11 News
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Campaign To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
KKTV 11 News Drug prevention experts are trying to convince local teenagers that abusing prescription drugs can be just as bad as using cocaine and heroin. Representatives from Rise Above Colorado are working with students in East and Central High School in Pueblo. |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Summit to look at ‘prescription drug abuse epidemic’ – Seacoastonline.com
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Summit to look at 'prescription drug abuse epidemic'
Seacoastonline.com April 02, 2014 2:00 AM. DOVER — The Rx Taskforce of Strafford County's third annual Summit on Prescription Drug Abuse, "The Killer Copay: The Real Cost of Rx Misuse," will be held Friday at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. The summit's primary objective … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Prescription drug registry would help cut deaths from abuse: As I See It – The Patriot-News