The opioid epidemic is deadly and expensive. Here's what it has cost Texas
Every fentanyl death in North Texas is exponentially destructive.
Sep 25, 2023
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Every fentanyl death in North Texas is exponentially destructive.
Sep 25, 2023
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Millions of Americans suffer from arthritis, and many reach for medication to ease their joint pain and inflammation.
Sep 19, 2023
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The pain from a heart attack is so bad that—if you can imagine—it can feel like an elephant sitting on you. Patients with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition affecting the red blood cells, report that this kind of ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Dopamine seems to be having a moment in the zeitgeist. You may have read about it in the news, seen viral social media posts about "dopamine hacking" or listened to podcasts about how to harness what this molecule is doing ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Psychostimulant drugs like methamphetamine (METH) and cocaine (COC) affect the brain and nervous system by boosting alertness, attention, and energy levels of the individual. However, their persistent use results in drug ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Millions of Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and millions more struggle with an addicted family member or friend, a new poll finds.
Aug 15, 2023
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Megan Dunn, who has struggled with addiction since her teens, points to the moment her life went "deeply downhill."
Jul 24, 2023
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Karen Butcher, whose son died in 2020 of an opioid overdose, asked a panel of experts on Monday in Frankfort: If cost wasn't a factor, why shouldn't Kentucky explore the use of an illicit psychedelic drug as a treatment for ...
Jul 23, 2023
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An Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai study sheds new light on some of the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of opioid addiction, which accounted for three-quarters of the more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in ...
Jul 18, 2023
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In 2021, more people died from opioid overdoses in the U.S. than any other year in history, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jul 13, 2023
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