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Oklahoma House Panel Chairman Turns His Back on 'doctor-shopping' Measure
Oklahoma House panel chairman turns his back on 'doctor-shopping' measure
A bill designed to address a key contributor in Oklahoma’s prescription drug overdose crisis was derailed Tuesday by Rep. David Derby, R-Owasso. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Townsend to offer 24-hour drug drop-off at police station
TOWNSEND — Residents will now have a safe place to drop off their unwanted or expired prescription drugs around the clock, thanks to a partnership between the Police Department and the Middlesex Country District Attorney's Office. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse: Which Programs Work? – Some opioid abuse prevention programs work, while others don’t. A large new Duke-led study sheds light on which investments pay off. Lead author Max Crowley …
Authorities Clamoring for Up-to-Date OD Data
Authorities clamoring for up-to-date OD data
Local public health and police agencies across the state are fighting an epidemic of deadly heroin and opioid overdoses without any consistent recent data on drug deaths, relying largely on 3-year-old statistics on regional overdose fatalities provided by the state Department of Public Health. Dr. Barbara Ferrer of the Boston Public Health Commission said timely fatal drug overdose data is … Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
Drugs. Alcohol. Addiction – Part 1 of 5
Drugs. Alcohol. Addiction – Part 1 of 5 – Dr. Mark Blair did it all while continuing to treat patients. But after hitting rock bottom in 2008, he turned his life around and went on to educate and war…
Raided Florence doctor's medical license suspended
Citing the death of two patients from drug overdoses along with “substandard medical decision-making and judgment” and “irresponsible and substandard prescribing of controlled substances,” the Montana Board of Medical Examiners indefinitely suspended …
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Scant evidence to claim that school dollars would go to Medicaid expansion
Expansion also would broaden Medicaid services for mental health and substance abuse. That would require money to be … So the GOP tweet has a grain of truth but ignores critical facts that would give people a different impression. We rate it Mostly …
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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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Painkiller Abuse to Blame for Three Quarters of Drug Overdoses, UAE Doctors Say
Painkiller abuse to blame for three quarters of drug overdoses, UAE doctors say
Dr Ali Al Marzooqi, the centre's director of public health and research, recently described the increase in the number of young people using drugs as “alarming”, with those as young as 12 being among the some 1,000 patients admitted to NRC outpatients …
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FDA approves device to reverse opioid overdose
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a hand-held auto-injector device to reverse opioid overdose. "Overdose and death resulting from misuse and abuse of both prescription and illicit opioids has become a major public health concern in the …
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Boston Officials Announce Prescription Drug Take-Back Program to Combat Drug … – MassLive.com
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug … – MassLive.com
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Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug …
MassLive.com Senator Ed Markey and Senator Elizabeth Warren flank Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh during a press conference on April 7, 2014 on prescription drug abuse at Boston City Hall. (Garrett Quinn, MassLive). Print · Garrett Quinn | [email protected] By … Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse Officials urge residents to turn in unneeded prescription drugs Mayor Walsh & Congresspeople Combat Prescription Drug Abuse with 'Take … |
Drug abuse treatment clinic asked to close doors – WCYB
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Drug abuse treatment clinic asked to close doors
WCYB "The clinic is in violation of zoning ordinance because it's a substance abuse clinic," Phillips said. "Those clinics are only allowed in the M-1 zone, which is light industrial but the location of the clinic is in the B-3 arterial business district … |