Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Study: Opioids could kill nearly 500K Americans in the next decade

The Hill-16 hours ago
Opioid abuse is on track to kill nearly half a million Americans over the next decade, STAT News reported Tuesday. STAT asked 10 leading public health experts ...

Senate health bill could prove devastating for Michigan's battle with ...

Detroit Metro Times-39 minutes ago
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 4 patients with long-term prescriptions for opioid painkillers will develop an addiction to the .

Opioid-related hospitalizations soar in Pennsylvania

Philly.com-5 hours ago
Hospital admissions for heroin overdoses have more than quadrupled since 2010 in Pennsylvania, with the upward trend getting even steeper in the past year, ...

51 percent of opioid prescriptions go to people with depression and ...

PBS NewsHour-22 hours ago
OxyContin tablets, morphine-like painkillers, are widely abused as a recreational drug. People with mood disorders are at increased risk of abusing opioids, and ...

Your Pharmacist Probably Knows More About Your Health Than ...

Reader's Digest-18 hours ago
Alexandr III/ShutterstockFirst, your pharmacist knows all kinds of secrets that could help you, so perhaps it's time to start tapping into this under-utilized health ...