Archive: 06/05/2019
Predicting whether surgery patients will continue to refill opioid 'scripts
Although opioids play a key role in reducing pain when recovering from surgery, some patients transition to chronic users and become dependent on them. In order to find out what situations result in patients continuing to ...
May 6, 2019
Mongolian couple dies of plague after eating raw marmot meat
A Mongolian couple has died of the bubonic plague after eating raw marmot kidney, triggering a quarantine that left tourists stranded in a remote region for days, officials said Monday.
May 6, 2019
Direct dispensing of naloxone by pharmacists can cut opioid overdose deaths, study finds
Allowing pharmacists to dispense the opioid antidote naloxone without a physician's prescription can sharply reduce the incidence of fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
May 6, 2019