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Opioids

Opioid crisis

Published Feb 4, 2019

Rural communities have been in dire need of a means to estimate the number of people who inject drugs

Opioids

Published Jan 16, 2019

Nearly two-thirds of outpatient centers that treat substance abuse don't offer any form of FDA-approved medication for opioid addiction, study finds

Published Nov 30, 2018

New CDC figures show recent decline in U.S. life expectancy tied to record number of drug and opioid overdose deaths

U.S. health

Published Nov 16, 2018

Speakers at inaugural Bloomberg American Health Summit include Michael R. Bloomberg, Arne Duncan, Walter Isaacson, Leana Wen, Tom Wolf, and others

Opioids

Published Oct 5, 2018

Major commercial and national insurers are missing opportunities to encourage use of non-opioid alternatives to treat lower back pain, study finds

Pain management

Published Aug 15, 2018

Experts and patients create procedure-specific Rx guidelines that range from prescribing zero opioids to up to 20 pills

Preventing overdoses

Published Aug 14, 2018

Public support increases when opioid 'safe consumption sites' are called 'overdose prevention sites'

Opioid epidemic