U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Patty Murray (D-WA) are calling on the Trump administration to continue its crackdown on the vaping industry after a recent Stanford University study found that yo...
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The majority of people taking opioid painkillers for chronic back pain produced antibodies against the drugs, according to a recent University of Wisconsin- Madison study. These antibodies may be...
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Women who use opioids have a lower chance of conceiving and have a greater chance of miscarrying should they conceive, according to a recent National Institutes of Health study. Researchers analyze...
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One in five people experiencing opioid-use disorder (OUD) received addiction treatment in 2018, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) study. Health centers serve low-income people ...
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Minnesota’s two Democratic U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith announced the University of Minnesota has received $1 million in grant funding from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Servic...
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention shows that 40 percent of American adults struggled with mental health issues or substance use issues in late June. The Center...
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A new study, released in the JAMA Pediatrics has found that young people given opioid prescriptions are 1 to 2 percent more likely to risk substance-related morbidity within five years of receiving th...
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A new report in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association has found that excessive opioid prescriptions after childbirth may lead to higher rates of addiction. According to the report, a...
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The Bizzell Group, a strategy, technology and consulting firm, announced Monday that it would launch a behavioral health resource center to assist organizations of all sizes with finding solutions for...
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The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) at Fort Worth recently launched an educational campaign designed to teach families how to properly dispose of unwanted or leftover prescriptio...
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